Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has called a general election for 1 November after a member of her ruling coalition threatened to withdraw its support over her handling of the country’s controversial Covid mass mink cull.
Gosh! Mink are cute and make great coats. Do they rate higher than people, though?
Frederiksen’s popularity has slipped after the government’s 2020 decision to cull Denmark’s entire captive mink population of 15 million for fear of a Covid-19 mutation moving from the animals to humans that could jeopardise future vaccines.
A parliament-appointed commission said in June that the government had lacked legal justification for the cull and made “grossly misleading” statements when it ordered Europe’s first compulsory shutdown of an entire farm sector.
Sounds familiar. Maybe we should all identify as mink, and maybe then our government could be brought to book for their actions during lockdown?
"Maybe we should all identify as mink, and maybe then our government could be brought to book for their actions during lockdown? "
ReplyDeleteOr they could cull us. Be careful what you wish for...