Dutch mink farms have begun a government-ordered cull amid concern that animals infected with coronavirus could transmit the illness to humans.
FILE PHOTO: A mink farm is seen during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Oploo, Netherlands June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
“All mink breeding farms where there is an infection will be cleared, and farms where there are no infections won’t be,” said spokeswoman Frederique Hermie. Dutch mink were first infected with coronavirus by their handlers in April. In May, the government identified two cases in which humans had been infected by sick animals — the only animal-to-human transmissions known since the global outbreak began in China.
The group says China, Denmark and Poland are the largest mink producers, with 60 million killed annually for their fur.
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