

Aww, look at the cuddly mink with its soft fur, webbed toes, and pointy little nose. Doesn’t it just make you want to . . . shut down your country?
In Denmark it does. Minks in the northern part of that nation caught a mutated form of the coronavirus. Like other viruses, the coronavirus can change as it passes from person to person, from person to animal, or from animal to person. There’s no proof the mutated virus poses a greater threat to people than the original strain. Still, there is proof people are catching “mink-rona.” This fall, at least 11 people were sickened with the new strain. Lawmakers acted fast, canceling events, halting public transport, and closing borders. And they made a difficult order: All 15 million minks on mink farms in Denmark had to be culled—killed off for the sake of public health.
The government had announced the cull despite not having the right to order the killing of healthy animals. That embarrassing misstep caused officials to scramble to build political consensus. Soon a majority in Parliament backed the decision to cull mink.
Meanwhile, the nation’s mink farmers were hearing the death-knell for their livelihoods. Danes value their minks—both for the creation of luxurious fur garments and for the animals’ fat reserves. Mink oil is useful as a biofuel and a component in cosmetics and waterproofing agents.
“I do not think there is a mink profession in the future,” says mink breeder Frank Andersen. “I hope that they have evidence behind (their claim) and that it is the right decision.”
Denmark sells more mink fur from its 1,139 mink farms than any other country in the world. Most of this fur exports to China and Hong Kong, where the luxury fur craze—which has lost popularity in other parts of the world—continues.
We know the exact identities of the first people to wear animal skins: Adam and Eve. After these two sinned and realized they were naked, God mercifully covered their shame with clothes made from animal skin. (Genesis 3:21) People have used animal skins and furs to cover themselves since that day—first from necessity and later to show off wealth. Eventually, people started farming soft animals just for their fur. Furs became more affordable.
Today, many people cringe at the idea of raising an animal just to kill it for its fur. The mink problem in Denmark is a modern version of an age-old old dilemma: How can we care for people and animals at the same time?
Im back lads
We got anotha one. this was /node/2995
The weird thing is that it leads to a href=/taxonomy/term/12, but when i post this comment, it'll probably go on an actually /node article. It's the one about some minks i think. and the daily bytes thing is all the same picture. Hope this helps.
yeep.
it went from /taxonomy to /node/6484
Heeyyyyy it got released
Sup anyone from the present.
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@ J A :I'm not sure your links will work because they aren't blue, at least the ones I see.
Seems like culling the minks will make people lose their jobs. And if people can hunker down so that they don't they get it, why don't the minks do? It's a confusing dilemma.
@Bethy
yeah those are just the idk what to call them, like the directory after the teen.wng.org. idk if they even work anymore.
@ J A
I've seen other people do them but also some that don't work. Maybe if you re-try them it will work? I'm not sure.
That's really sad, I'm kinda
That's really sad, I'm kinda against real fur coats and things like that. It just makes me sad seeing those animals in cages knowing all they're getting killed for is their fur.
They look so cute...
They look so cute...
Why did the comments above
Why did the comments above change? This is so confusing!
@ Myself
Sorry, I got mixed up with comments on another article. Oops! :)
Im confused
The first comment was published on Christmas, but the article was published of the New Years Day? Also the government messed up by killing those minks without decideing on it.
Sad minks
Its sad that the minks have to be killed, but realisticly humans are more valuable than minks
@J A
Are you a World Teen employee? How did you get access to this article before it was released??
@Addie l
glitches in the website probably
He messes with the link
He messes with the link addresses xDD
thisissoweird
thisissoweird
Aww
That is so sad. The Minks should be able to live.
Awwww
Its sad when people kill animals for there fur. especially when there adorable minks like that!
@Above
I think the minks should live even though they have it. Can't they just isolate the minks like the do people?
@JA: lol that is funny that you can do that. Although you probably shouldn't... :) ;)
Cute but scary!
Cute but scary! I read about this in the magazine. I love their little faces :)
SO CUTE!
AREN'T YOU GLAD GOD GAVE US ADORABLE ANIMALS LIKE MINKS? (even though they bite, lol). I am sad they kill them tho...
There soooo cute tho!!!!!!!!!
There soooo cute tho!!!!!!!!!! :)
they are so cute!
they are so cute!
I wonder if this mink rona is milder than the real covid ? If so maybe they could have made a mink rona vaccine and we would have antibodies and not get covid
@ Gasser K
Hmm, good idea! Are you new to WorldTeen? If you are, then WLECOME!!!!! If you have questions about it, feel free to ask!If you aren't, sorry for not noticing!
My Brother and Mom watched
My Brother and Mom watched Chisty. It was called Green Apples. What happened was all the kids in the School caught Scarlet Fever so they went into Quarantine. Thankfully no one died.
Dumb
This is probably the silliest thing i've ever heard! Let me guess... our dogs and cats and fish and turtles have it now! This is rediculous!