Denmark isn't alone in its sacrifice of mink to protect humans from the coronavirus. The Netherlands, Spain, and Ireland are culling to curb outbreaks too, signalling what could be the beginning ...

There was shock last week when Denmark decided to cull all its mink - up to 17 million animals - because of the spread of coronavirus. That national cull has turned into a political outcry ...

Mutations in coronavirus have triggered culls of millions of farmed mink in Denmark. Part of the country has been put under lockdown after Danish authorities found genetic changes they say might ...

The request comes after news that Denmark, the world’s largest mink producer, will kill more than 15 million of the animals due to fears that a COVID-19 mutation spreading from mink to humans could ...

COVID-19 outbreaks have also occurred in mink farms across Europe, where most of the world’s fur is produced. In Denmark, 17 million mink were culled in November after outbreaks at Danish fur farms.

After the first outbreak of COVID-19 earlier this month, the SPCA called for a moratorium on mink farming in B.C. through the immediate suspension of all mink farm licences. Denmark, the world’s ...

This is the editor's letter in the current issue of The Week magazine. Denmark is beating COVID. The Danish government recently announced the virus is no longer a "critical threat" there ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity has sent a letter to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority urging the release of information ...

Denmark's health authorities decided Friday that no fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be applied and that there was no need for a booster dose to those aged under 18, thanks to the high level ...

A second mink farm in the Fraser Valley has been found to have COVID-19. The B.C. Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries Ministry stated in a news release today (December 24) that three mink that died ...