Denmark to dig up and incinerate millions of culled mink pollution fears

Denmark will dig up millions of mink culled over concerns of a coronavirus mutation to circumvent a future environmental disaster, the Danish government established.

Some four million mink will be revealed from mass graves and burned to prevent possibly dangerous pollution.

The Social Democrat minority company reached an alliance with other parties in the Danish parliament to have the mink revealed and placed of at local waste incinerators, ministry officials confirmed in a report on Sunday.

It is set to take home in May when the original risk of COVID-19 infection from the dead people will have passed.

“Six months sounds like a long time, and I would hold liked to have seen it go even faster, but it is the most secure solution, as we avoid staff being exposed to the disease during removal and at the same time avoid the dead and infected mink being carried over greater distances,” Rasmus Prehn, Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries, said in the report issued by the ministry.

The move comes as the remains of the hidden animals have begun to resurface because of the fumes produced as they die.

In November, the Danish government controversially ordered the killing of the country’s entire mink population after a mutated strain of coronavirus was detected, decimating the EU’s largest fur trade overnight.

Denmark breeds mink for their fur with Danish pelts prized around the world for their quality. The industry uses 6,000 Danes and is worth over half a billion euros in exports annually.

Over 15.4 million have been put to sleep so far since November 4.

Samples of the mutation taken from farm cluster were found to be resistant to antibodies, sparking fears that vaccines would be ineffective against it.