In three months, Denmark slaughtered 15 million farmed minks, why did Denmark do this?

Humans have transmitted the new crown virus to farmed mink, and mink have infected each other, and have the conditions to continue to infect humans, so Denmark will slaughter a large number of farmed mink.

Because the new coronavirus has been detected in farmed mink, they are slaughtered.

Denmark said on November 4 last year that 12 people in North Jutland were infected with the mutant new coronavirus found in farmed mink, and decided to slaughter all farmed mink in Denmark to stop the spread of the mutant coronavirus.

Because the animals are suspected to be infected with the virus, and the mink skins need to be sold.

Yes. Earlier, it was reported that there was an outbreak of the coronavirus in at least 63 mink farms in northern Denmark. On October 12, local time, Denmark** saidFarmers and veterinarians have begun culling at least 2.5 million mink in the area.

Denmark** said that the local veterinary and food authorities are culling infected mink, and that farms with no coronavirus detection within an 8-kilometre radius of infected animals must also carry out self-culling. ** Indicates that farmers who raise mink that are not infected will receive full compensation accordingly, while those who have viral infections on the farm will receive a small amount of compensation.

Denmark** said the aim was to encourage farmers to strengthen their own efforts to prevent and control the epidemic. It is reported that Denmark is one of the world's largest mink producers, with an annual output of about 17 million mink, and an annual export value of more than 7 billion Danish kroner, or about 7.5 billion yuan. Scientists are still studying how mink get the coronavirus and whether they can be transmitted to humans.

Because a farm in northeastern Spain recentlyEighty-seven percent of minks tested positive for the coronavirus。Joaquin Olona, Aragon's Minister of Agriculture, told ** that it was decided to kill the minks in order to "Avoid the risk of human transmission

In May of this year, an outbreak broke out at the farm in Aragon, Spain. An employee's wife contracted the coronavirus, and her husband and six other farm workers tested positive for the coronavirus.

Mink raised on farms were quarantined and closely monitored immediately after workers were infected. On July 13, test results showed that 87 minks were infected with the new coronavirus. Spanish health authorities then ordered the killing of 92,700 minks.

Authorities said they would provide financial compensation to the company that runs the farm, which is located 200 kilometers east of Madrid.

Aragon, Madrid and Catalonia are reported to be the hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak in Spain. Since the start of the pandemic, Spain has had more than 250,000 confirmed cases and 28,000 deaths.

A farm in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain, will cull 100,000 farmed mink, which may seem strange if you don't know the situation, the truth isThe vast majority of mink on farms have been infected with the coronavirusAt present, we know that humans can spread humans, but it is not clear whether animals can spread humans, and these farmed minks should be killed to be on the safe side.

The cause of the incident was that the wife of an employee of the farm was infected with the new coronavirus, then the employee was infected, then several employees were infected, and then the mink was infected, graduallyThe number of infected people reached 9wand more, which shows the terrifying speed of the spread of the new coronavirus. At first, only a few people were infected, and then the mink was infected with a number of about 10w, and the spread rate was very fast.

The local health department made a very correct and rational choice, 100,000 farmed mink is not a small number, but for the safety of people, they still choose to kill a huge number of mink. Of course, killing is also a great reduction in risk, as we all know, the new crown virus is very terrifying in terms of transmission speed and transmission route, and it has a certain degree of lethality, if those minks are left alone, and animals can spread to humans, I am afraid that many people will suffer from this. And there is no better decision than to kill them, and it is almost impossible to control this number of farmed mink.

Now that the epidemic is not completely over, it is better for us to stay at home and not travel at will, if cross-infection occurs, many people will be infected unconsciously, which is quite painful both physically and mentally. If it is not well controlled, it is likely to delay the progress of the end of the epidemic, and if you don't do it, you will have to stay at home for half a year. Although I usually think about the holiday, but it is really boring to stay at home on vacation, if you come for another half a year, it is estimated that many people will go crazy, so we have to resist the urge to go to a large number of places, and our own safety is the most important.

For human beings, the unknown is the most frightening. At the beginning of the pandemic, the understanding of the novel coronavirus was still in its infancy, so people became so fearful of the virus that they made many moves that seem ineffective or even ridiculous at the moment.

For the unknown, in order to ensure that nothing is foolproof (although nothing can be guaranteed to be foolproof), people are still more inclined to "rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go". In order to prevent the mutant new coronavirus found in farmed mink from infecting more people, Denmark began to slaughter farmed mink nationwide in November last year, and according to relevant reports, in just three months, Denmark slaughtered a total of 15000000 farmed mink.

Although there was no legal basis for the slaughter of farmed mink in Denmark at that time, and it was strongly opposed by farmers, in order to better protect its own people, Denmark could only do it. It was not until the end of December that the Danish parliament passed the bill on the prohibition of mink farming, which also provided a legal basis for the slaughter and ban of mink farming in Denmark.

Whether a ** is good or not mainly depends on whether he values the lives of his own people first. At this point, Denmark has done a good job, although the slaughter of as many as 1500000 farmed mink, caused great losses to many farmers, and was opposed by the majority of farmers, but in the face of people's lives, all interests have to be conceded, which is a people's attitude.

And we in China have done a very good job. During the outbreak of the epidemic, the decisive lockdown,** the first consideration was not the economy, but the safety of people's lives. For farmed animals, a detailed negative list for animal breeding has also been issued to regulate animal breeding and reduce the spread of viruses harmful to humans through animals to humans.

Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, a person who is responsible for his own people, and the eyes of the masses are bright.

I think they did the right thing in this matter, although killing mink is more cruel and there will be great economic losses, but the prevention and control of the epidemic is the most important.

If they are sick and cannot be used, then find a place to bury them en masse.

I think it's really cruel, and I really don't know what to say about such an initiative.

From a human point of view, it is indeed too cruel, but from a macro point of view, it is also necessary to ensure the balance of the local ecosystem.