Mink are latest animals to contract COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Mink are latest animals to contract COVID-19

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Mink have contracted coronavirus, adding to the list of animals known to be at risk of catching the virus. Animal rights organisation Peta has written a letter to ministers calling for the farms to be shut down immediately: "Allowing mink farms to maintain business as usual for nearly four more years - in the face of a global crisis stemming from animal exploitation - would be inexcusable from the perspective of both the risk posed to humans and the harm inflicted on the mink themselves." Animal protection charity Humane Society International, which campaigns for a global end to the fur trade, has warned of the risk in other countries, where tens of millions of mink, fox, raccoon dogs, chinchillas and rabbits are farmed. A spokesperson for the British Fur Trade Association said: "The case in the Netherlands demonstrates the efficiency of fur farming bio security measures in Europe and the rigorous controls that are in place. According to a 2016 report released by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 75% of China's wildlife trade is dominated by fur production with animals farmed for their fur, such as raccoon dogs, foxes and mink, often ending up at wildlife wet market.

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4 months ago
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1 year, 1 month ago
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3 years, 1 month ago
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4 years, 1 month ago
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4 years, 1 month ago
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4 years, 2 months ago
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4 years, 2 months ago
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4 years, 2 months ago
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4 years, 3 months ago
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4 years, 3 months ago
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4 years, 3 months ago
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4 years, 3 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
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4 years, 4 months ago
Covid-19: Scientists study virus outbreaks among minks in Europe
4 years, 5 months ago
Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe
4 years, 5 months ago
Scientists study coronavirus outbreaks among minks in Europe
4 years, 5 months ago
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4 years, 5 months ago
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4 years, 5 months ago
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4 years, 5 months ago
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4 years, 5 months ago
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4 years, 5 months ago
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Thousands of mink to be culled after SARS-CoV-2 found on 23rd farm
4 years, 5 months ago
Yet another mink farm infected with coronavirus; 12,000 animals to be culled
4 years, 6 months ago
Coronavirus found at another mink farm; animals culled
4 years, 6 months ago
MPs vote to close mink farms early, after coronavirus hits 17 farms
4 years, 6 months ago
Coronavirus infections at another four mink farms
4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago
Culling of mink over Covid-19 fears begins after activists lose court hearing; Thousands put down
4 years, 7 months ago
Mink at coronavirus infected farms to be culled: report
4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago

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