Coronavirus, four million minks will be exhumed and cremated in Denmark

Four million minks killed in Denmark in November after the detection of a mutated version of Covid-19 that could infect humans will be exhumed and burned next year, the government announced in the latest act of what is now. a saga. If parliament agrees to the proposal, in six months (when the risk of infection has completely passed) the minks, buried in military sites, will be exhumed and incinerated, the Minister of Agriculture announced in a statement.

“In this way, we avoid that mink is treated as a dangerous biological waste, a solution that has never been used before.” Denmark used two mass graves in November at military sites near Holstebro and Karup in the country’s western region. But after strong criticism for handling the “vision crisis” the government was forced to admit that pits are an environmental risk to nearby aquifers and lakes.

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The minister argues that the danger of pollution is not urgent and that “the environmental authority is monitoring the situation closely”, which allows the exhumation of the carcasses to be delayed until May. Denmark, the world’s leading exporter of mink furs, began the culling of 15 million animals in November due to the mutated version of Covid-19, which is believed to threaten the effectiveness of incoming vaccines. On November 19, Denmark announced that the “Outbreak 5” mutation had been wiped out and so far minks have been identified as the only animal capable of contracting that strain and passing it on to humans.

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But the government’s decision became the subject of political crisis when it was discovered that it had no legal basis to order the culling. The Agriculture Minister resigned and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, in tears, apologized. From Monday, Parliament will have a bill to ban the breeding of mink until 2022.

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