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With tears in her eyes and visibly moved, the Danish Prime Minister visited a mink farm on Thursday, following the government’s order to sacrifice the 17 million animals to try to stop the acute number of COVID infections. -19 in the country.
Mette Frederikson has been on fire following the decision, which she later admitted was illegal, now faces a vote of no confidence in parliament.
The order came after authorities detected outbreaks of Covid-19 in hundreds of mink farms, including a new strain of the virus, which is suspected of compromising the effectiveness of vaccines.
We have two generations of really skilled breeders, father and son, who in a very, very short time saw their life’s work destroyed.Frederiksen told reporters after a meeting at a farm in Kolding, western Denmark.
It’s been exciting for them and … I’m sorry. For me too”Frederiksen said in a broken voice interrupted by the constant pauses he made to breathe between words.
The decision to euthanize Denmark’s entire mink population, one of the largest in the world and highly valued for the quality of the fur, left the government astonished after admitting it had no legal basis to order the death of healthy animals.
I have no problem apologizing for the course of events, because in fact mistakes were made“, these Frederiksen to broadcast TV2.
Since the order was issued on November 4, the Danish executive has had very turbulent days. Last week, the Minister of Agriculture announced her resignation after an internal investigation questioned her measures to combat COVID-19.
Meanwhile, Denmark has already followed the example of the Netherlands, which, last August, decreed the end of the practice of mink farming for the fur industry in that country, after registering several outbreaks of contagion by the new coronavirus in farms dedicated to creating these. small mammals.
The creation of mink, or mink, is the third largest source of export in the country and is responsible for the production of 40% of the world’s fur.
