Hi Lee
yes that could be mink, I tryed losing fish to the mink and what you
describe sure sounds like it could be mink.
As Kathy worte , try netting your pond ,and then I would try getting a
mink trap, the kind they use on minkfarms.
Look in your area to see if there is a minkfarmer he might be a sweety an
lend you a trap or tell you where to buy it .
At the time I lost fish I only had goldfish in my pond , but lost 3 big ones
, 25 cm.
Me and the dogs got the mink in the middel of the night, and my doggies
killede it, good girls .
Since then we alway had trap placed inthe garden, and taken several mink
since.
unfortunaly my homepage is in danish , but last year we took about 25 mink,
this year we only taken a few .
Unfortunatly the mink is draw to the warter , and they love to play in the
warter, so if you have lot of mink in the area , it's likely to happen
again.

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Birgitte
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Any one any idea what is killing my gold fish in an outdoor pond.
The fish are being killed and left on the side of the pond. I have seen
otters in a stream 20metres from the pond. There are no visible signs of
otters entering the pond. I know there are wild mink in the area- could
they be killing the fish.?
C.