Danish Mink Farmer Criticize Government For Unlawful Order To Cull All Mink

JYLLINGE, DENMARK - NOVEMBER 14: Workers at mink farmer Knud Vest farm catch minks in their cages and put them in the culling cart on November 14, 2020 in Jyllinge, Denmark. The culling is imposed due to an unlawful Government decision. After a Covid-19 mutation moving from mink to humans was discovered, the Danish government's order to mass cull all 17 million mink in the country, including non-infected minks and minks outside the 7.8 KM zone from an infected farm. Tuesday this week Minister of Food, Mogens Jensen, admitted that the general mass culling order issued by the Prime Minister at a press conference Wednesday, October 4, was unlawful and he said that his Food Boards email was a mistake. Knud Vest, who farm has some 23.000 minks, says that he is shocked that the Government issued such an order to kill an entire industry without having the legal framework in place. Like the mink farmer in general he expects a compensation from the state based on expropriation, because the basis for the industry is gone. He must have culled all minks at midnight Monday in order to receive an extra bonus of 20 DKK/skin. There are some 6.000 people employed in the mink industry and who, like Edmond Zageris, will be fired. (Photo by Ole Jensen/Getty Images)