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Alan Herscovici: B.C. mink farms are family owned and operated and these farmers respect animal welfare – The Province
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Alan Herscovici: B.C. mink farms are family owned and operated and these farmers respect animal welfare – The Province

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Opinion: B.C. mink farmers follow Codes of Practice developed under the auspices of the National Farm Animal Care Council.

Support our industry and this oped by commenting in support if possible on their website. You can read Alan’s post and post your comments on the link below…

“In a July 13 column, Lesley Fox, executive director of The Furbearers, and infectious disease doctors Jan Hajek and Robert Reynolds played on concerns about COVID-19 to call for an end to mink farming in B.C.

To justify their proposal, the authors cited a recent Dutch government decision to close farms after a number of mink contracted the virus from infected workers, but they omit to mention that a politically motivated ban on mink farming was already coming into force in that country. The reaction of other European governments — including Denmark, the EU’s most important producer of farmed mink — was to enhance monitoring and established farm biosecurity measures.

In fact, antibodies for COVID-19 were also found in several farm cats in Holland. It’s known that cats, hamsters and other animals are also susceptible to COVID-19, and Dutch researchers believe the virus may have been spread between farms by feral cats. Interestingly, Fox doesn’t propose banning cats in B.C.  “

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