mink
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The council said the rodents had been in decline due to habitat loss and the invasive mink.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But she faced a barrage of criticism over her handling of the "mink crisis" in November 2020.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
It has led to the deaths of more than 400 million poultry worldwide and has infected dairy cows, mink, foxes, bears, otters, and many other mammals and wild birds.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
The Beauty Minister opens the southern gate, prancing forward in a body-length mink coat.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
It’s also been extremely deadly in seals, sea lions and minks.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024
Domestic rats, color-pointed gerbils, and American minks can also carry the mutation.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 27, 2023
However, there are documented cases of H5N1 spreading in mammalian populations, ranging from minks to sea lions and dolphins, raising concern about human-to-human spread.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
“I have to help my brother skin the minks at his mink farm this afternoon and I may fall behind a bit.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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