The Pigeon Express
Stonington Point in Connecticut is a place where visitors come to be by the water or enjoy the beach, but police are now warning them to stay away from aggressive minks. “Please be advised that minks have been spotted in the area of Stonington Borough Point,” an audio warning sent by Stonington Police said. “The […]
Denmark began excavating the decomposing bodies of some 4 million mink for fear they will pollute drinking water or a bathing lake. In November, Denmark culled all of its minks out of fears the animals could re-transmit the coronavirus to humans after a mutated form of the virus was found on mink farms. More than […]
Denmark will unearth millions of mink from mass graves after some carcasses resurfaced following a cull last month, raising concerns over health risks. Officials ordered Denmark’s entire herd of approximately 15 million farmed mink be destroyed in early November after a mutated form of the novel coronavirus was found to have been transmitted between the […]
The United States confirmed the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal, a mink. The discovery increases concerns about outbreaks in mink as the virus has killed more than 15,000 farmed mink in the United States since August. Global health officials are investigating the potential risk the animals may pose to people […]
The flowing substances from the millions of buried mink in Denmark may have already contaminated the ground water. The Danish government had ordered the slaughter of over 17 million mink in early November after outbreaks of coronavirus at many mink farms and finding dozens of people infected by a mutated strain of the virus. Dead mink were […]
The government of Denmark will dig up mink that were culled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after some resurfaced from mass graves. The government ordered mink to be culled early this month after finding that 12 people had been infected by a mutated strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, which passed from […]
More than 15,000 mink have died of coronavirus since August in the United States, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases Global health officials are eying the animals as a potential risk for people after Denmark last week embarked on a plan to eliminate all of its […]
Authorities in Denmark announced a lockdown in some areas over the a coronavirus mutation found in mink that can spread to humans. The government s warned that the effectiveness of any future vaccine could be affected by the mutation. Bars, restaurants, public transport and all public indoor sports will be closed in seven North Jutland […]
Thousands of mink died at fur farms in Utah and Wisconsin after a series of coronavirus outbreaks. In Utah, ranchers have lost at least 8,000 mink to Covid-19 among the animals known for their silky, luxurious pelts. The virus first appeared in the creatures in August, shortly after farmworkers fell ill in July, according to […]
Dutch authorities believe a mink may have infected a human with Covid-19, and are instituting mandatory testing at all mink farms in the Netherlands. “On the basis of new research results from the ongoing research into Covid-19 infections at mink farms, it is plausible that an infection took place from mink to human,” the Dutch […]