Covid: hundreds of mink farmers parade in Copenhagen

More than 500 tractors decorated with Danish flags crossed the capital Copenhagen, this Saturday, November 21, 2020. via REUTERS - RITZAU SCANPIX

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In Denmark, hundreds of farmers and mink breeders demonstrated this Saturday, November 21 in the streets of the capital and the second city of the country to denounce the authorities' decision to slaughter the nearly 15 million mink of breeding to fight against a mutation of Covid-19.

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More than 500 tractors in Copenhagen and around 400 in Aarhus, the country's second largest city, marched through the streets to denounce the government's decision to slaughter around 15 million fur mink.

A decision taken following the appearance of a Covid-19 mutation in the north of the country and the detection in 12 people of this new strain.

The authorities, who feared that this mutation would spread, decided last week to seal off the region concerned.

If since not a single new case has been detected, as confirmed by the government, the culling of fur mink should continue.

Because this animal poses problems in the fight against the coronavirus since it has been confirmed that it can not only be infected, but also infect humans.

If the government has recognized that its decision to slaughter fur mink had no legal basis for uncontaminated animals, it does not intend to backtrack.

On the contrary, the Danish government even intends to present a bill banning the breeding of this animal until January 2022.

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• Coronavirus

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