Sentences with phrase «american minks»

American minks live in Germany, but not around the lake, and the group is monitoring closely for any signs of an invasion.

«The European mink is always going to be a managed species because it looks impossible at the moment to completely get rid of American minks,» says Põdra, who's with the European Mink Association in Barcelona, Spain.

The rafts, 300 of which have been deployed, hold little interest for European minks but are irresistible to American minks.

The American mink was brought over to the UK for the fur trade and has been breeding in the wild since the 1950s due to escapes from fur farms and in some cases releases by activists.

These projects include work to protect water voles in the South West of England from habitat loss and predation by the American Mink; work to safeguard the future of dormice in Cheshire and the creation of wildlife corridors benefitting birds, mammals and amphibians in North Wales.

Before the first reintroduction, in 2000 on a 989 - square - kilometer island off Estonia called Hiiumaa, hunters and a trapper killed the island's entire American mink population, the legacy of a defunct fur farm.

Disappearing habitats and hunting partly explain the decline, but the American mink, a distant cousin that looks very similar but lacks the European species's iconic white nose, has done by far the most damage.

Her research group is developing the problem of domestication as an evolutionary event with the use of experimental models, including the silver fox, the American mink, the river otter and the wild gray rat.

Spanish researchers create an ecological island free of the American mink, a fierce competitor

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The image — be it the revolutionary aerial daredevil artist; the articulate best friend of the press; the man in the mink coat and the Mercedes; the national chairman of the Hemophilia Foundation; the coach of the Special Olympics basketball program; the adviser to The March of Dimes; the spokesman for the Lupus Foundation, American Dental Association and Philadelphia Police Athletic League; the endorser of the American Red Cross, Population Institute, Pennsylvania Adult Education and dozens of other charities; the ubiquitous television pitchman (Hey, Dr. Chap - Stick!)

I like the Ellen Tracy Mink & Gold Leaf Sequin Tank, American Apparel Black Long Accordion Skirt and the Calvin Klein Black Customized Lift Bra

Peppermint Pattie Skirt, Mink Pink Tank, H&M / / Glasses, Gucci / / Clock necklace, American Eagle / / Charm bracelet, Tiffany & Co. / / Nude pumps, Madden Girl

Connie Chung — television reporter Ann Curry — news anchor woman, Today Show S. I. Hayakawa (1906 - 1992)-- U.S. senator, college president Dr. Feng Shan Ho — saved thousands of Austrian Jews during the Holocaust David Henry Hwang — playwright, M Butterfly Colonel Young Oak Kim — first Asian American to command a battalion in combat Ang Lee — movie director: Hulk; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)-- movie star and martial artist Gary Locke — governor, state of Washington Norman Y. Mineta — first Asian - American member of U.S. president's cabinet Patsy Mink — Congresswoman, Hawaii Ralph Nader — consumer advocate, presidential candidate Yoko Ono — artist, musician; was married to Beatle John Lennon Dalip Singh Saund — first Asian elected to Congress (1956) Donna E. Shalala — secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services John Sununu — congressman, New Hampshire Amy Tan — author, Joy Luck Club Tiger Woods — golfer Kristi Yamaguchi — Olympic figure skater Jerry Yang — co-founder of Yahoo! Laurence Yep — author, young adult fiction (Dragonwings, Rainbow People)

The African - American Fiction list by Rollie Welch includes: Mama's Boy by ReShonda Tate Billingsley Caught Up by Shannon Holmes Playing for Keeps by Deborah Fletcher Mello Stand Your Ground by Victoria Christopher Murray Stone Cold Liar: The Misadventures of Mink LaRue by Noire

Many of the women who served were firsts: Patsy Mink of Hawaii, the first woman of color; Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first African American woman.

The book would also include Patsy Mink, the first woman of color to be elected to the House; Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman; and Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, the first female Hispanic.