- Around 100.000 mink are to ... [+] be put down at various farms in Denmark due to contamination with the Covid-19 coronavirus. But this principle has not been implemented in actual legislation “and animals are treated as commodities, products and objects”, says Hameleers. It was for mink farmers whose “life's work has been destroyed.”The recent EFSA report states that all mink farms should be considered at risk for Covid. While many EU Member states in recent years have closed their mink farms and others have already suspended mink farming to protect public health, mink fur farms “represent a risk”. The Eurogroup for Animals and the Fur Free Alliance urged the Commission to take a precautionary approach and suspend those activities across the EU.

Source: Forbes March 19, 2021 22:18 UTC