Some 10,000 mink loose, missing after vandalism at Ohio farmVAN WERT, Ohio (AP) — Vandalism freed thousands of mink at a rural northwest Ohio farm, leaving an estimated 10,000 of the small carnivorous mammals unaccounted for Tuesday evening, the local sheriff said.So many minks were killed crossing a nearby road that a plow was brought in to help clear the carcasses away, said Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas Riggenbach.He declined to discuss any potential motive for the overnight vandalism or say whether any suspect has been identified as his office investigates.A farm manager told WANE-TV that someone left a spray-painted message of the letters “ALF” and the phrase “we’ll be back.”A group known as the Animal Liberation Front had previously claimed credit for releasing a much smaller number of mink at the farm in a previous incident years ago, the Times Bulletin in Van Wert reported.Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuitsWalmart puts up strong Q3, announces opioid settlementUS wholesale inflation eases to 8%, 4th straight slowdownAfter years of construction, Shell ethane cracker starts upThe sheriff’s office initially warned residents in the area to be cautious with poultry flocks, small pets and koi ponds that the mink might attack, but it later said the freed mink are considered domesticated and likely lack the skills to survive in the wild."