Danish PM orders all mink to be culled

[Franch Toast 27,773]

4 minutes ago, Queen Bitch said:

I actually never heard about that. But it could be true

I used to live in Iowa, and that's what people said. 

[Neroneau 1,017]

15 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

don't equate food to aesthetics

You’re still killing an animal for your own taste, this time not for aesthetic but for your tongue 

[Galactic Mess 1,393]

Omg no they’re so cute 

This virus needs to GO 

[alsemanche 97,852]

1 minute ago, Neroneau said:

You’re still killing an animal for your own taste, this time not for aesthetic but for your tongue 

There's a huge difference between eating meat for nutrition necessary for survival and slaughtering animals because people want their eyelashes to look longer and better... and that's coming from someone who  hasn't ingested meat in 2.5 years. Your equivalency is very false. 

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

18 minutes ago, Franch Toast said:

I used to live in Iowa, and that's what people said. 

I just read that, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Iowa has 23 million pigs and they have a population of like 3 million. So it seems to be true. That's actually crazy

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

Update: Residents in the region where the mutated coronavirus has been found are asked not to leave the municipality. This means that this region has the strongest restriction in all of Denmark.

Meanwhile, residents in North Jutland will be asked not to leave their home municipalities due to concerns over the spread of the mutated form of coronavirus.

Seven municipalities with confirmed coronavirus cases in mink are to be encompassed by restrictions asking residents to remain within municipal limits as far as possible.

That statement is alarming when unpacked: could a new version of coronavirus emerge from North Jutland as it did from Wuhan in January, resetting international efforts to develop a vaccine and beat the pandemic, and leaving Denmark a global pariah?

"In a few instances, the minks that were infected by humans have transmitted the virus to other people. These are the first reported cases of animal-to-human transmission," the WHO said in a statement sent to news agency AFP.

Political editor at Avisen Danmark Thomas Funding wrote that the "outbreak of Covid-19 in mink looks like a regular catastrophe for Denmark", making reference to a number of possible consequences including the impact on the economy of effectively ending the mink industry in Denmark – at least for the foreseeable future.

A potentially more disastrous outcome is that Denmark could "unwillingly be the cause of a new variant of corona being let loose not just in our own country, but in the rest of the world", according to Funding.

"We could be known as the country that ruined the last half a year of vaccine work," he added.

In his comments to Avisen Danmark, Thomsen also recommended restricting movement within municipalities in North Jutland.

"People should stay close to their local area until there's no significant infection left. You can ensure that by, for example, saying that residents in the affected municipalities should not travel more than five kilometres from their homes, to bring the virus under calm," he said.

"Some of (the suggested responses) could end up being quite drastic, but it's important we get control of it. Not due to consideration of the virus here and now, but for the future perspective when we get vaccines," the professor elaborated.

The right response could see the mutated virus contained in around three or four weeks, he said.

Source: https://www.thelocal.dk/20201105/how-serious-is-denmarks-mink-coronavirus-mutation-and-outbreak

[Chromatography 10,186]

1 hour ago, alsemanche said:

There's a huge difference between eating meat for nutrition necessary for survival and slaughtering animals because people want their eyelashes to look longer and better... and that's coming from someone who  hasn't ingested meat in 2.5 years. Your equivalency is very false. 

no one needs to eat meat, just like no one needs fake lashes. 

[littlepotter 76,625]

1 hour ago, Neroneau said:

You’re still killing an animal for your own taste, this time not for aesthetic but for your tongue 

Not everyone can afford a healthy vegan lifestyle, how many times will we have to explain it to yall

Everyone can however afford to not have animal fur on their eyes

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

1 hour ago, Neroneau said:

You’re still killing an animal for your own taste, this time not for aesthetic but for your tongue 

Please don't bring that argument here because it's not relevant to this. People can eat meat and still feel bad for animals bred for their fur. It's a different kind of cruelty. 

[Neroneau 1,017]

2 hours ago, alsemanche said:

There's a huge difference between eating meat for nutrition necessary for survival and slaughtering animals because people want their eyelashes to look longer and better... and that's coming from someone who  hasn't ingested meat in 2.5 years. Your equivalency is very false. 

People in the west eat meat because of taste, not because we need it, all our nutrition can come from plants. Longer eyelashes are also a matter of taste. 

[Neroneau 1,017]

1 hour ago, Glamourpuss said:

Please don't bring that argument here because it's not relevant to this. People can eat meat and still feel bad for animals bred for their fur. It's a different kind of cruelty. 

It’s the same kind of cruelty, animals being raised for murder. And it is relevant, animals left and right are being murdered for taste, be it your aesthetic taste or your mouth’s cravings for meat.

[Neroneau 1,017]

1 hour ago, littlepotter said:

Not everyone can afford a healthy vegan lifestyle, how many times will we have to explain it to yall

Everyone can however afford to not have animal fur on their eyes

So you prefer plastic faux fur? Plastic that can’t be renewed or decomposed back into nature? Is that any better than natural   murdered fur? 

[Chromatography 10,186]

1 hour ago, Glamourpuss said:

Please don't bring that argument here because it's not relevant to this. People can eat meat and still feel bad for animals bred for their fur. It's a different kind of cruelty. 

it’s actually not different at all. go on youtube and look at any slaughterhouse. it’s awful conditions, animals have barely any movement. it can theoretically be worse as these animals are also pumped with antibiotics. to say that they’re different cruelties is very shortsighted. either way, the animal is being bred for human consumption and lead miserable lives up until their slaughter for that consumption.

[Glamourpuss 29,080]

47 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

it’s actually not different at all. go on youtube and look at any slaughterhouse. it’s awful conditions, animals have barely any movement. it can theoretically be worse as these animals are also pumped with antibiotics. to say that they’re different cruelties is very shortsighted. either way, the animal is being bred for human consumption and lead miserable lives up until their slaughter for that consumption.

I didn't mean for anyone to read into my comment and correct me. I feel that this is another discussion for another time and deviates too much from what the OP is about. 

Btw I'm a vegetarian/ beginner vegan so I'm not ignorant and know you made some points.  

[Contessa 1,879]

5 hours ago, venusinmyhead said:

animal farming should already be prohibited worldwide by now. i don‘t get it why there is no international allegiance to do that. 

Money that’s why you know they are greedy.