Mink and Coronavirus
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Bad news if you a Mink in Denmark, apparently the Coronavirus has mutated..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54818615
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54818615
Denmark’s mink cull went well.
“ Millions of dead mink that were buried in Denmark to halt the spread of coronavirus may have contaminated groundwater, an official study has reportedly found.
Water industry chiefs are warning it poses a risk to drinking water, and authorities are being to act quickly, Denmark’s Radio4 reported.
The Danish government ordered a cull of the country’s 17 million mink last month after outbreaks of coronavirus hit hundreds of farms and authorities found mutated strains of the virus among people.
Most of the animals’ bodies were buried in pits in a military area in western Denmark under more than six feet of soil.
But some resurfaced from the mass graves as gasses from the decomposition process pushed the mink out of the ground. The government considered digging up them up again to cremate them.
Now, the new study prepared by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and the Technical University of Denmark says groundwater may already have become contaminated by fluid from the bodies, Radio4 said after seeing a copy of the report.
Before the dead mink were buried, authorities had said the bodies would not pose a risk to drinking water or protected areas.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mi...
“ Millions of dead mink that were buried in Denmark to halt the spread of coronavirus may have contaminated groundwater, an official study has reportedly found.
Water industry chiefs are warning it poses a risk to drinking water, and authorities are being to act quickly, Denmark’s Radio4 reported.
The Danish government ordered a cull of the country’s 17 million mink last month after outbreaks of coronavirus hit hundreds of farms and authorities found mutated strains of the virus among people.
Most of the animals’ bodies were buried in pits in a military area in western Denmark under more than six feet of soil.
But some resurfaced from the mass graves as gasses from the decomposition process pushed the mink out of the ground. The government considered digging up them up again to cremate them.
Now, the new study prepared by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland and the Technical University of Denmark says groundwater may already have become contaminated by fluid from the bodies, Radio4 said after seeing a copy of the report.
Before the dead mink were buried, authorities had said the bodies would not pose a risk to drinking water or protected areas.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mi...
Sheepshanks said:
BlackLabel said:
Most of the animals’ bodies were buried in pits in a military area in western Denmark under more than six feet of soil.
But some resurfaced from the mass graves as gasses from the decomposition process pushed the mink out of the ground.
But some resurfaced from the mass graves as gasses from the decomposition process pushed the mink out of the ground.
or "the weasel dead".
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