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Bording, Denmark November 07: Minks At Farmer Stig Sørensen's Estate Where All Minks Must Be Culled Due To A Government Order On November 7, 2020 In Bording, Denmark. Like Many Other Owners Of Mink Farms, Stig Sørensen Has Been Forced To Cull All His 34.000 Minks Due To A Government Decision Made On Wednesday. Sørensen Says That He Is Sad But Also Angry Because He Feels That The Government Has Made An Unjustified And Unfair Decision. His Farm Is Situated So Only Part Of It Is Within The 7.5 Km Zone From An Infected Farm And None Of His Mink Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus. Even So, They Are Regarded As Infected And Must All Be Culled. He Also Feels That He And His Colleagues Have Been Let Down By The Danish Government, Both In Terms Of Handling The Culling And Slow Information About How They Will Be Compensated. He And Most In The Industry Are Demanding Compensation According To The Rules Of Expropriation, But Sørensen Says That So Far The Government Has Talked About Compensation Per Culled Mink To A Price Per Skin Based On Farmers’ Average Price In 2017 And 2018, Which Was An All-Time Low. Denmark, The World's Largest Mink Fur Producer, Is To Mass Cull Some 16 -17 Million Minks After Mutated Forms Of Coronavirus Spread To Humans. Some 215 Mink Farms In Jutland Region Are Infected With This Type Of Coronavirus, And Therefore A Regional Lockdown Has Been Announced To Curb The Infection. (Photo By Ole Jensen/Getty Images)

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