Irish mink farms to cull stocks due to Covid-19 concerns

Irish mink farms to cull stocks due to Covid-19 concerns

There are around 100,000 minks on three farms across the country in Laois, Donegal and Kerry.

All mink on farms in Ireland are to be culled over the next few weeks because of Covid-19 concerns.

The cull comes after officials in Denmark discovered a mutated form of Covid 19 can pass back to humans from minks.

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