The Danish government is now halting plans to kill millions of mink en masse at fur farms across the country after COVID-19 mutation fears.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen admitted that there is no legal basis for the culling, which began late last month, according to BBC.
“Even if we were in a rush, it should have been completely clear to us that new legislation was required, and it was not,” Frederiksen told Parliament. “I apologize for that.”
Frederiksen announced plans last week to cull up to 17 million mink in an effort to prevent a mutated coronavirus from spreading, according to BBC.
But Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the chairman of the Venstre party, argued that the move would jeopardize workers’ livelihoods and that the mutated strain has not been found in over a month, The Guardian reported.
The plan requires new legislation, and the Danish government plans to take the necessary steps to proceed with the culling. In the meantime, Denmark’s Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries Mogens Jensen is urging farmers to go ahead and cull their mink as a precaution.
Fur farming presents a dangerous situation for both animals and people. It’s cruel and risks the spread of zoonotic diseases. Denmark’s plan to kill millions of mink could have been avoided if the country previously shut down fur farming.
This horrifying industry must end immediately. If you haven’t yet, sign Lady Freethinker’s petition urging Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and Food to ban fur farming for good.
SIGN: End Fur Farming Amid Denmark’s Horrifying Mink Massacre
If the political leaders have the common sense, this is the time to BAN & completely & STOP the Fur Farms where the incurable, viruses keep popping up & the people go on dying like flies. PLEASE BAN THESE FUR FARMS. THIS IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY. People need to learn how to survive while earning money in a humane manner. Not creating deadly viruses via these fur farms.
All the time animals are abused like this, they and humans will continue to suffer more virulent pandemics.
Get rid of fur farms forthwith and forever.
I dont understand dont they breed them to be killed??? So how is this a win for mink? The only real win for them would be if they were sent to a sanctuary and mink breeding for fur was illegal
Fur belongs to the animals, the days when we relied upon it when we were primitive belong there.
You people are just Pure Evil!!! Get fake fur, just as pretty as the real fur. STOP THIS CRUELTY!!!
NO ONE SHOULD HAV A RIGHT TO THESE BEAUTIFUL GODS CREATION…UNLESS THEY ARE YOUR CHILD, U HAV NO SAY…THEY DESERVE TO BE FREE..IVE SEEN WHAT THEY LIVES R LIKE..ITS SO EVIL TO MAKE THEM DO THINGS THEY WERENT CREATED TO DO…PLEASE I BEG YOU. HELP SAVE THEM
Please please show compassion for animals
Please Stop This Cruelty !!!!
WELL IV’E ALREADY SEEN SOME BEING BURIED !!!!!!!!!!!
Dont let this happen to these poor innocent animals. Stop this breeding and farming now!!
PLEASE STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING!! THESE ANIMALS DON’T DESERVE THIS
Show your humanity and don’t kill innocent animals
Nothing should have an animal’s fur on their body unless it was born that way. People wearing fur are disgusting.
NO NEED FOR SUCH WICKEDNESS. YOU DON’T KILL THE PEOPLE WITH THIS SO DON’T KILL THESE INNOCENT ANIMALS !!
So, let me understand this, they didn’t halt the cull because they found their conscience but because the mutaded strain hasn’t been found in over a month and that it would jeopardized the worker’s livelihood? Now they will torture and butcher them for something as grotesque as harvesting their fur for greed and vanity. For the love of God, pay off those fur rippers and shot down those horror chambers for good.