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Posted on 11/29/2020 5:22:26 PM PST by blueplum
As funny as this story sounds, the danger is a virus mutation in mink that fuels the human pandemic in a new direction.
Yep. Hopefully because most mink are isolated on a farm or deep in the woods, human contact isn’t huge. Although I guess all it takes is one mink to human infection.
Although I guess all it takes is one mink to human infection.
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How closely related are mink and gerbils?
There’s a LOT of nutria in Oregon.
Regards,
And I was just reading an article which suggested that Minks were one of the few or only animals which have been shown to be able to infect humans with COVID-19.
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I wonder if this is real news or just a scare tactic story by animal rights activists...
WI: Charges dropped against animal activist
7/22/2005, 10:31:15 PM · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 525+ views
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/22/05 | Todd Richmond - AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have dropped four extortion charges against an animal rights activist who was accused of freeing thousands of mink from farms around the Midwest. Prosecutors said they were forced to act because a Supreme Court decision changed the legal definition of extortion while Peter Daniel Young was on the run. The ruling found someone must actually take something from another person, authorities said. The surprise move shocked the owner of a farm where authorities said Young helped free 300 mink in 1997. “You’ve got to be kidding. Unbelievable. Unbelievable,” said Alex Ott, owner of Ott’s...
I dunno about the extortion stuff but it is true that the “Animal Liberation Front” invaded some farms back in 1997, resulting in the deaths of about 200 minks of the 1500 they ‘freed’:
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