Why A Huge Mink Exporter Is Murdering Its Animals
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In the USA, people rarely think about fur coats, primarily because those who wear mink are likely to have blood thrown all over them by the anti-fur group. Regardless, there is still a huge, thriving mink industry in the United States, and, of all places Denmark.
Providence by way of the Coronavirus, however, is changing the face of the despicable fur industry in that Scandinavian country.
Here’s the story from our friends at Newser:
Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in Denmark after the coronavirus showed up in at least 63 farms. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration is handling the culling of the infected animals, while breeders who have noninfected minks on a farm within 5 miles of an infected farm must euthanize the animals themselves, per the AP. “We are moving forward, we are getting it done,” said Flemming Kure Marker of the Danish food agency. The culling began last week in the village of Gjoel, west of Aalborg. On Friday, a mink farmer refused to let authorities enter his farm to cull the animals, and police had to cut a padlock to gain entry. Over the weekend, a handful of protesters were removed outside two mink farms.
The administration said breeders with noninfected minks will get 100% compensation, while those with infected animals will receive less as an incentive for farmers to keep the infection out of their herds. Denmark is among the largest mink exporters in the world and produces an estimated 17 million furs per year. Kopenhagen Fur, a cooperative of 1,500 Danish breeders, accounts for 40% of the global mink production. Most of its exports go to China and Hong Kong. The coronavirus pandemic could “threaten the entire profession,” said Tage Pedersen, chairman of Danish Fur Breeders Association. “All breeders are right now in a huge amount of uncertainty and frustration over this ‘meteor’ that has fallen on our heads.” Scientists are still digging into how the minks got infected and if they can spread it to people. Some may have gotten the virus from infected workers.
I’m trying to muster sympathy for the mink farmers who are no doubt devastated by this turn of events, but I can’t seem to do it.
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I used to like going to Estate Sales, and more often than not, in the higher end ‘estates’ invariably fur coats would be sold, and people would buy them. What a disgusting practice it is to slaughter animals for the purpose of vanity. Not warmth, but vanity.
I never went out with my mom if she wore a fur coat. I felt like a hypocrite and told her she was wearing murdered little forest animals, it would be like my dad going out and killing Bambi. She still wore her coats.
This is horror at its worst to me. My mom had several fur coats and I sold every last one of them and made donations to animal groups in her name after she died.
I am with you, Mike. This is especially true since there are synthetic materials which can be used to make artificial fur coats. It can serve the same purpose, which is to stay warm. Unfortunately, artificial furs do not carry the status of actual furs. Therefore just like big game hunting the millions of mink and other fur-bearing animals, they are slaughtered for humans status symbols.