About a million minks were slaughtered at fur farms in various European countries. The reason is the spread of coronavirus.
According to Euronews, the first cases of infection among these animals were recorded in the spring.. To date, COVID-19 has been identified in fur farms in the Netherlands as well as Spain.
Moreover, experts suspect that the mass infection of minks came from people, and not vice versa.. However, for safety reasons, the animals decided to kill in order to eliminate the foci of the spread of the virus.
Despite the drop in demand for natural fur products, subsidiary farms are still quite profitable and continue to operate in some European countries. Thus, the Netherlands and Spain are among the ten largest suppliers of mink fur in the world..