Friday, September 23, 2022

Denmark to allow mink breeding again from 2023

Good news! What did take Denmark so long for this decision!

As a teenager, I visited a mink farm in Denmark.

The culling of all 17 million minks in 2020 as a precautionary measure in response to the outbreak of Covid-19 was one of those incredible and extreme overreactions!

"Denmark will not extend a ban on mink breeding when the current ban expires at the turn of the year, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Friday.
The government introduced the temporary ban after it ordered the culling of about 17 million mink in 2020 over fears of the animals spreading a mutated coronavirus variant.
The decision caused controversy after it emerged there had been no legal basis to call for healthy mink to be culled. ..."

Denmark to allow mink breeding again from 2023 | Reuters

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