1,000 mink culled at Canada fur farm after three test positive for coronavirus

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Mink euthanized for their fur on a British Columbia, Canada farm where three animals tested positive for COVID-19

Mink at a Fraser Valley farm that was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in December were recently euthanized and frozen, and will be pelted for their fur in the future.

Although the B.C. government didn’t order the farm to cull its animals, the operator “decided to pelt out completely” after the virus was discovered in three dead mink, said Alan Herscovici, a spokesman for the Canada Mink Breeders Association. The farm had about 1,000 mink.

Vancouversun.com report

 

 

 

 

 

 

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** This post was originally published on January 7, 2021 **