Cathy LissGuest OpinionView Comments
COVID-19 has not only hit humanity hard; it has also devastated millions of mink trapped in fur farms across the globe.
In some European countries, mutated forms of the virus that incubated among these farmed mink populations have reportedly jumped back to humans. Closer to home, COVID-19 outbreaks have been confirmed on mink farms in Oregon, Michigan, Wisconsinand Utah, infecting and killing tens of thousands of mink.
And, just in the last several months, two mink that tested positive for COVID-19 escaped their Oregon farm, raising the alarm about disease transmission to wild animals.
Recently, State Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, with support from the Center for Biological Diversity, introduced a bill to phase out the state’s 11 permitted mink farms by the end of this year.
A public hearing before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife Recovery is scheduled for April 5…
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