Denmark to cull all 15 million minks on fur farms to contain spread of mutated coronavirus
Denmark has ordered more than a quarter of a million people into lockdown and a mass cull of minks after a mutated variation of the coronavirus was found at farms raising the animals for their fur. The lockdown in the country’s north started November 6, 2020, two days after the government ordered the cull of all 15 million minks bred at Denmark's 1,139 mink farms. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the move was meant to avoid the risk of further transmission of the disease from…