Once the world's largest producer of mink pelts, the nation's industry has declined in recent years.
  • wheez@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I remember the sadness I felt when I read about the millions of minks that were killed when an infection of COVID spread on a farm. So glad to see this news.

    I don’t really understand why they’re farmed in the first place, is it only the fur?

  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Danish Nature Minister Christian Rabjerg Madsen said the government had chosen animal welfare.

    “A business should not continue just because it has existed for a long time. It should also make sense for society, for the economy and for the animals,” he said.

    Sorry, between the surprise turnaround against Bolsonaro in Brazil and the surprise turnaround against mink farming in Denmark, did I get isekai’d into a divergent timeline where people speak basic common sense?

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      7 days ago

      For some context on Denmark specifically: Denmark’s elections earlier this year had a bigger focus on animal agriculture, albeit along more “animal welfare” lines, but it’s significant for it to be even seen as a legitimate mainstream political topic at all

      All of the above heightened Danish media coverage of animal welfare issues by January 2026. In just 72 hours, a citizens’ initiative collected the 50,000 signatures necessary to trigger a parliamentary debate on animal welfare. Animal Protection Denmark collaborated, joining the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Greenpeace Denmark and the National Association against Pig Factories to form the “alliance for a pig election.” And by the March election, 53% of polled Danish voters said that animal welfare would definitely influence how they cast their ballots, and 95% said urgent action was needed to protect the country’s drinking water.

      https://sentientmedia.org/pig-election-rewrote-factory-farm-politics/

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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        7 days ago

        “We thought we would have to make really complicated arguments,” says Britta Riis, chief executive officer of Animal Protection Denmark, the country’s largest animal welfare organization. “Suddenly, it was just about the pig.”

        I know the paragraph that comes after this clarifies it isn’t strictly about the pigs, but just: holy shit, what?

        I really appreciate the additional context. Sentient Media is a godsend whose reporting I clearly don’t read as much as I should.