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Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

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Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

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post #25

I hope that ends the industry. And make the state provide better/different jobs for the people affected.

Denmark is not a socialist/communist/marxist country, it is not the Danish state's function to provide jobs for people.

Yeah, but if you don't find new jobs for them they start demanding protectionism and tighter migrant quotas instead.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#42

Norway's Fur Farming Prohibition Act is set to take effect in 2025. May this neighboring scare hasten the demise of this abusive and unnecessary industry.

Indeed. And I love how we use other words to make ourselves feel better. Noone ever did genocide; they merely culled.

I will be shocked if humanity do not see this differently in a century.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#43
I live in the North - the exact area where the animals are raised in - you know it as they smell really bad. The area with the mink factories is mostly thinly populated. I don't know what restrictions are going to be implemented in the coming days, but I'm sure most people will take Corona 2.0 ("Made in Denmark") seriously and keep their distance.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

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post #37
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is believed that some of the cases (all?) didnt have any contact with minks and therefore was human-to-human

Source?

I cannot find anything online, but it was mentioned by Kåre mølbak in the press conference

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Humans raise mink in horrible conditions just to be slaughtered so we can make a fashion statement. Then, when the very conditions we created become an inconvenience to us, we slaughter them and fail to make even frivolous use of them, rendering their tortured lives even more pointless and sad. After all that you have to be pretty callous and self-important as a species to think "Humans > Minks"

Why are you putting the blame on the whole of humanity? Go place the blame on well off white western women, who are probably the main consumers of such products. I literally never owned anything made of out fur, let alone mink fur.

The ACTAsia report "China's fur trade" points out that China is the world's largest importer of raw furs, and also consumes 80% of finished fur goods domestically. (https://www.actasia.org/resources/)

If you've got something that says otherwise, let's have it.

When you jump to conclusions you don't describe the world at large, you only describe yourself.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#46

Norway's Fur Farming Prohibition Act is set to take effect in 2025. May this neighboring scare hasten the demise of this abusive and unnecessary industry.

Indeed. And I love how we use other words to make ourselves feel better. Noone ever did genocide; they merely culled. I will be shocked if humanity do not see this differently in a century.

I trust we won't need a century to see this digusting business for what it is. This is what we do with our advanced brains?

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#47

Norway's Fur Farming Prohibition Act is set to take effect in 2025. May this neighboring scare hasten the demise of this abusive and unnecessary industry.

Indeed. And I love how we use other words to make ourselves feel better. Noone ever did genocide; they merely culled. I will be shocked if humanity do not see this differently in a century.

yes, the proper headline should be: "Denmark will kill millions of minks over mutated coronavirus"

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

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post #22
post #18

This is one of the serious dangers with the idea of letting the virus run wild to achieve herd immunity: you create a lot of animal reservoirs. Though minks do seek way riskier than average.

Why are minks riskier than average? Is it because of biological similarity (but then, there are lots of other mammals), or because of the conditions they're kept in? Naively, I might have just expected that cows or pigs or sheep would be the highest risks in aggregate, just because of numbers.

> Why are minks riskier than average?

Minks are closely related with Ferrets, one of the "not really rare" but "neither really uncommon" domestic pets. Domesticated ferrets communicate by licking and gently biting humans and other ferrets, and live in the same room as us.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

#49

Norway's Fur Farming Prohibition Act is set to take effect in 2025. May this neighboring scare hasten the demise of this abusive and unnecessary industry.

Is it that much worse than farming hogs? Most of that is done in cages too small to turn around or stand. Live transport and slaughter is also amazingly horrific.

Re: Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus

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Norway's Fur Farming Prohibition Act is set to take effect in 2025. May this neighboring scare hasten the demise of this abusive and unnecessary industry.

Is it that much worse than farming hogs? Most of that is done in cages too small to turn around or stand. Live transport and slaughter is also amazingly horrific.

Why do we have to compare it? Multiple things can be terrible and require changes.
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