The biggest animal welfare victory of the 21st century, explained in one chart | Global fur production has collapsed. Here’s how it happened.
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Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms
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More than 1,000 mink farms in Denmark were ordered to close over fears of a Covid mutation – two years on, most will never reopen
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Denmark to allow significantly reduced mink production – limits on the number of people allowed to visit farms
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Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after Covid mutation cull – just a handful of mink breeders express an interest in re-entering fur industry
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Pollution fears over mink buried after Covid culling in Denmark – signs of pollution detected at burial sites but no water contamination
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Denmark will dig up millions of dead mink after a hasty cull and burial intended to stamp out a coronavirus mutation ended with a new contamination risk
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