the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Copenhagen Denmark, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security , Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced this week that Denmark will cull all mink at farms across the country, including those used for breeding, in order to mitigate the risk of zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Mink have been identified as animals capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to humans, and there have been multiple examples of outbreaks among mink populations in Denmark and elsewhere. Mink are bred in Denmark and other countries for their pelts.
Researchers at Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut identified a mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is spreading through mink populations and is capable of infecting humans. Reportedly, hundreds of human cases in northern Denmark have been linked to mink, but information published by the Danish government indicates that there is no evidence that this particular variant of the virus is more dangerous to humans. As of November 5, Denmark’s most recent update to OIE, more than 200 farms nationwide have reported SARS-CoV-2 infections in mink. The culling effort in Denmark began in October, with an order to cull animals within 7.8km of an infected farm, which resulted in culling at least 1.4 million mink. The new nationwide policy could impact 12 million remaining animals.
In a similar effort, the Netherlands announced in August that it ordered the closure of more than 100 mink farms nationwide, following reports of outbreaks at “dozens of locations.” The Netherlands reportedly intended to end the practice of mink breeding by 2024, but it is accelerating that timeline due to SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, more than 3,000 mink at a farm in Wisconsin (US) reportedly died from COVID-19 over the past month. Officials from Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection reported that there is “little evidence that infected mink have transmitted the coronavirus to humans” stemming from the Wisconsin outbreak
Put masks on them.
What about our pets .???
Just BS to support the anti-fur cabal.