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The Mink Commission (Danish: Minkkommissionen) formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Case of the Culling of Mink (Danish: Granskningskommissionen om sagen om aflivning af mink) is a Danish investigative commission set up by a majority in the Folketing in 2020 to investigate The Mink Case (Danish: Minksagen); the culling of all minks in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Danish mink cull was the government-mandated slaughter of all roughly 17 million mink that were being raised on farms for their fur in Denmark.The cull started in September in response to the detection of Cluster 5, an outbreak of a novel variant of SARS-CoV-2, in the mink during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.
Mink inhabiting the prairie sloughs primarily target frogs, tadpoles, and mice. [26] It is a formidable predator of muskrats, which are chased underwater and killed in their own burrows. Among the rodents killed by the American mink in its native range are rats and mice of the genera Hesperomys, Microtus, Sigmodon, and Neotoma.
The mink range in size from 12 to 20 inches and could be black, brown or white in color, WNEP reported. “Right now it’s like living in some sort of sci-fi movie or horror film.
The end of mink farming in the U.S. can't come soon enough, writes Scott Beckstead. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Domestic mink (Neogale vison domesticus), also known as domestic American mink, are a domesticated, carnivorous mammal, bred for hunting and pest control. Domestic mink differ from their wild ancestors, the American mink , in fur colour, size, thicker pelts, and higher tranquility. [ 1 ]
The ranch owner claims that of the 215 mink released, 177 were recaptured and 4 died. [160] Thousands of mink were released and the records were destroyed at a Davis County, Utah mink farm. The Fur Commission USA claims most of the mink were recaptured and that at least half a dozen died. [161] [162]
In some countries, any live mink caught in traps must be humanely killed. [5] American mink are believed by some to have contributed to the decline of the less hardy European mink through competition (though not through hybridization—native European mink are in fact more closely related to polecats than to North American mink). [6]