Denmark could dig up and cremate mink killed in Covid cull
by Agence France-Presse in Copenhagen from Environment | The Guardian on (#5AYB3)
Fears nitrogen and phosphorus could be released in large quantities into soil at grave sites
Denmark's government is considering exhuming and cremating the remains of millions of culled mink after decaying carcasses started to emerge from a hastily dug grave.
After a mutated version of Covid-19 was found in the animals, the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, announced a cull in early November of the estimated 15-17 million mink in Denmark, the world's biggest exporter of mink fur.
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