The mink industry in Denmark, the world's biggest producer, has effectively been wiped out after a mass slaughter of the animals to fight the coronavirus was rushed through, an industry official said.

Farmed mink peeking out of its nest box (Truth About Fur) Since it was learned that COVID-19 can pass from humans to mink, farmers in the United States have put in place strict biosecurity protocols ...

Word from European countries that they will be killing millions of minks because of coronavirus outbreaks jumping from animals to humans on farms is shockingly upsetting. But the real offense here is ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch health officials have ordered the slaughter of around 10,000 mink to start Friday on farms where coronavirus outbreaks have been reported, possibly infecting at ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which would protect public health and human safety by requiring ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act, which would end mink farming in Illinois to protect human health. Sponsored by ...

As Europe’s fur industry reels from the coronavirus-related slaughter of 17 million mink in Denmark, there are new calls Friday to dig up mass graves of the mammals due to new contamination concerns.

Denmark plans to slaughter up to 17 million farmed mink because a coronavirus mutation discovered in the animals that may have spread to humans, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday.

The mink industry in Denmark, the world's biggest producer, has effectively been wiped out after a mass slaughter of the animals to fight the coronavirus was rushed through, an industry official said.