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blogcutterHere's a thought: Will it one day be considered virtuous to wear a mink coat? Will coats made in the next few years have special labels on them, certifying that the minks killed to make them were all carriers of the Coronavirus and they died that more humans might live?
Mink culls are now a reality in perhaps a dozen or so countries throughout the world:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-19-mink-variants-discovered-in-humans-in-seven-countries/ar-BB1b8xDk
Now, I don't know what happens to the pelts of mink which get slaughtered in an effort to stem the spread of the virus. But presumably the pelts pose no infection risk to humans wearing clothes made out of them? And surely it's a waste, once the animal is dead, not to make use of anything that's usable? I'm thinking the fur, the mink oil, and other parts that might be useful in various research projects. And who knows, maybe parts of real mink could be used in developing synthetic alternatives?
After all, our country was built around the fur trade.
Mink culls are now a reality in perhaps a dozen or so countries throughout the world:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-19-mink-variants-discovered-in-humans-in-seven-countries/ar-BB1b8xDk
Now, I don't know what happens to the pelts of mink which get slaughtered in an effort to stem the spread of the virus. But presumably the pelts pose no infection risk to humans wearing clothes made out of them? And surely it's a waste, once the animal is dead, not to make use of anything that's usable? I'm thinking the fur, the mink oil, and other parts that might be useful in various research projects. And who knows, maybe parts of real mink could be used in developing synthetic alternatives?
After all, our country was built around the fur trade.
