Ten Thousand mink were to be killed in the Netherlands because some tested positive for the corona virus. Animal protection groups have managed to get the killing postponed until Monday. They need to present their case to protect the mink.
In deciding to postpone the killing the judge was also considering the economic impact on the mink farmers. The mink industry would need to be subsidized for their losses.
In other words for the courts, it is about the money, it is not about the mink.
http://www.euronews.com/2020/06/05/nethe...-transmiss
It is sad that they still raise mink on farms like that. It is sadder still that whether they live or die has little to do with the animals and a lot to do with economics.
If they do manage to stop the culling and spare the mink, they will be killed later for their fur. Whatever happens the mink lose.
The mink should not have been in cramped cages under cruel conditions in the first place.
In deciding to postpone the killing the judge was also considering the economic impact on the mink farmers. The mink industry would need to be subsidized for their losses.
In other words for the courts, it is about the money, it is not about the mink.
http://www.euronews.com/2020/06/05/nethe...-transmiss
It is sad that they still raise mink on farms like that. It is sadder still that whether they live or die has little to do with the animals and a lot to do with economics.
If they do manage to stop the culling and spare the mink, they will be killed later for their fur. Whatever happens the mink lose.
The mink should not have been in cramped cages under cruel conditions in the first place.
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Catherine
