It is the news that shocked the world: around 17 million mink are being slaughtered in Denmark after a mutant strain of Covid-19 was found the have passed from Mink to humans, threatening the efficacy of future vaccines.
It is upsetting to see so many animals killed in such high numbers and worrying to contemplate the potential threat to human health.
Fur farming is a disaster for animal welfare and a risk human health. It is now important for governments to ban this cruelty once and for all.
On this page we have collected a wide range of coverage on this issue, to keep a worried public of animal lovers up to date on this important issue.
The Journal (Ireland)
Concern about Denmark’s mutated coronavirus strain as testing begins at Irish mink farms
https://www.thejournal.ie/mink-strain-ireland-5261625-Nov2020/
Guardian, 9 November 2020
Denmark drops plans for mass mink cull after Covid mutation
BBC News, 10 November 2020
‘Mutant coronavirus’ seen before on mink farms, say scientists
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54867653
Guardian, 8 November 2020
UK scientists seek mutant Covid samples from Danish mink farms: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/uk-scientists-seek-mutant-covid-samples-from-danish-mink-farms
BBC NEWS, 8 November 2020
What’s the science behind mink and coronavirus?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54842643
DAILY MAIL, 7 November 2020
WHO SAYS MUTANT MINK CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN DENMARK IS ‘A CONCERN’.
Danish news footage of mink slaughter, 1 November 2020
BBC NEWS
Covid: Denmark removed from UK’s travel corridor list
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54835538
INDEPENDENT, 7 November 2020
Coronavirus: WHO experts study risk of mink fur farms worldwide spreading virus to humans after Denmark mutation
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-mink-fur-farm-denmark-virus-mutate-b1644684.html
INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST, 7 November 2020
SCIENCE MAGAZINE, 30 October 2020
Ban Unsustainable Mink Production- Letter
