"CHICAGO - More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said."

"CHICAGO - More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said.

Global health officials are eying the animals as a potential risk for people after Denmark last week embarked on a plan to eliminate all of its 17 million mink, saying a mutated coronavirus strain could move to humans and evade future COVID-19 vaccines.

The U.S. states of Utah, Wisconsin and Michigan - where the coronavirus has killed mink - said they do not plan to cull animals and are monitoring the situation in Denmark."

Tom Polansek reports for Reuters November 10, 2020. [2]

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"Denmark Shelves Plans To Cull Up To 17 Million Mink Over Coronavirus Concerns" (The Hill) [3]

"Mutant Coronaviruses Found In Mink Spark Massive Culls And Doom A Danish Group’s Research" (Science) [4]

"Mink and the Coronavirus: What We Know" (New York Times) [5]

"Denmark Rolls Back Order For Mink Cull Amid Legal Dispute" (CNN) [6]

"Denmark Drops Plans For Mass Mink Cull After Covid Mutation Fears" (Guardian) [7]