Millions of mink will be dug up from mass graves and burned in waste incinerators in Denmark after some resurfaced, prompting complaints from residents about possible health and environmental risks, the country’s government said. Denmark’s entire herd of some 17 million mink destined for the high-end fashion industry was ordered to be culled in early … Read more
Dead mink have begun rising from their graves after they were killed and buried as part of a coronavirus cull in Denmark. Mink bodies have been spotted emerging from shallow pits where they were buried after the decomposing remains filled with gas, forcing them to the surface. Police in West Jutland, a region of Denmark … Read more
Danish farmers have demanded the end to a cull of 17 million minks over a coronavirus outbreak after no new cases of people infected with a mutant strain of the virus have been recorded. A large group of farmers took to the road in their tractors to take part in the demonstration against the cull, … Read more
Danish farmers have demanded the end to a cull of 17 million minks over a coronavirus outbreak after no new cases of people infected with a mutant strain of the virus have been recorded. A large group of farmers took to the road in their tractors to take part in the demonstration against the cull, … Read more
Denmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million in an effort to minimise the risk of them re-transmitting a new version of coronavirus to humans. The nation’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday that the mutated virus in farmed minks could have ‘devastating consequences worldwide’ and action was ‘necessary’. A report from a government … Read more