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Denmark's plans to cull all 17 million mink in the country following the finding of a mutated coronavirus strain among them.
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Members of Danish health authorities are assisted by members of the Danish Armed Forces in disposing of dead mink in a military area near Holstebro in Denmark, November 9.
A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Culled are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS
Culled mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS
People prepare mink for culling at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS
Mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
Dead minks are seen at Sydvestjysk Pelscenter where they are pelted, in Varde, Denmark, November 7. John Randeris/Ritzau Scanpix
People push a cart with culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
A caged mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
People transport culled mink of the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
The foot of a mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
Authorities initiated the cull last week, saying the new strain could move to humans and evade future COVID-19 vaccines so the mink herd, one of the world's biggest, needs to be eliminated.
A mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen