Urgent action is needed to address the significant risk posed by fur farms for the emergence of future viral pandemics, Imperial scientists warn. Mink fur farms could provide the optimum conditions ...
Mink on fur farms incubate diseases such as COVID-19 and avian influenza, creating the perfect conditions for new variants to jump to humans—with potentially devastating results. Mink farms risk ...
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) lauds today’s filing of the Finding Urgent Relief from Vectors for Infection Risk and ...
In early August 2023, Finland’s food authority ordered three of the nation’s fur farms to slaughter 50,000 of their animals. The purpose was not to create new fur coats, but to stop a virus: the H5N1 ...
The trade group that represents U.S. fur farms is offering an increased cash reward for tips on the apparently yet-unsolved sabotage of a mink farm in Northumberland County in September. Fur ...
Wisconsin has long been a national leader in mink production, dating back to the beginning of the industry in the early 1900s.
Fur producers have a controversial reputation. While fur coats and other fur clothing items remain status symbols in many cultures, fur producers have come under pressure for raising animals like mink ...
The pandemic ended mink farming in some countries. Will the U.S. follow, or is this a new opportunity for Utah farmers? The first warning sign might have been small: a caged mink’s sneeze, or possibly ...
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