Jess and Alan live in the highlands in what used to be a mink farm about 60 years ago. Legend has it that one day the owner was badly bitten by one of the mink, so he abandoned the idea and set all the mink free! After hearing about the SISI project they decided to get in touch and sign up as mink volunteers.

Jess said: “Living on an old mink farm, we wanted to help amend the mistakes of the past and this motivation was heightened by a recent mink sighting. A friend of mine told me that he had signed up to monitor a mink raft himself, and gave me the contact details for Trudi, the SISI Project Officer for the area. Helping to keep the highlands free of mink will benefit our chickens and ducks as well as the native wildlife.”