November 05, 2020We are calling on the Danish government to turn around the tragedy now playing out on its fur farms by transitioning fur farmers to more humane livelihoods and closing down Denmark’s fur industry for good. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur/We AnimalsReports from Denmark this week are making it clearer than ever that mink fur farming is a public health minefield and an animal welfare nightmare.The European nation announced that it would slaughter all 15 million mink on its 10,000 fur farms following concerns that a mutation in the virus that has infected the mink could possibly interfere with the effectiveness of a vaccine for humans. According to news reports, 12 people have already been infected with this mutated virus, which shows a weak reaction to antibodies. Half of North Denmark’s 783 human cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus…
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Why not just stop wearing mink coats, so that these poor animals will not be raised in such torturous conditions and treated so callously?
I am constantly dismayed by the entitled ease with which humans just the waste the lives of other creatures, assigning them little value. Other than for $$$ which is even more repulsive.
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Why not just stop wearing mink coats, so that these poor animals will not be raised in such torturous conditions and treated so callously?
I am constantly dismayed by the entitled ease with which humans just the waste the lives of other creatures, assigning them little value. Other than for $$$ which is even more repulsive.