Zombie visons: animals slaughtered in Denmark raise alarm as they emerge from their graves

Denmark decided sacrifice quickly set up to fight the covid-19 pandemic, due to a mutation of the virus transmissible to humans, but even dead and buried, they resurface from their graves under the effects of decomposition gases. The phenomenon occurred in a military field near Holstebro, in one of the improvised graves where the slaughtered animals were buried, according to images broadcast on public television. DR.

The mink carcasses, which have resurfaced under the accumulated pressure of decomposition gases, are covered only with a thin layer of lime and very sandy soil, which would have facilitated the phenomenon according to local police. The Ministry of Environment and Agriculture said the mink are buried between one and a half and two meters. But according to Danish television, they were only a meter deep in this field.

Millions of dead mink dumped in mass graves have resurfaced in Denmark, prompting a new wave of accusations over how the country is handling the crisis.

For the ministry, the reappearance of corpses is “a temporary problem linked to the process of decomposing animals”. “The state plays with our nature and uses it as a dumping ground”, lamented Leif Brogger, a municipal councilor of Holstebro, quoted Wednesday by the newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Hans Christian Osterby, the social democratic mayor of the town of Holstebro in western Denmark, said the way the mink had been buried was “completely wrong” in an interview with TV2. As well criticized the authorities for having buried the animals in his municipality, without first asking for consent.

The photos and videos shared on social networks have given rise to multiple comments: a user on Twitter called 2020 “year of the murderous zombie mutant mink”. The animals that resurface have also been buried 200 meters from a lake, 100 meters shorter than recommended, raising concerns over pollution problems from phosphorus and nitrogen, which authorities have promised to remedy, reported AFP.

In statements to the Danish press collected by Bloomberg News, Frederik Waage, Professor of Law at the University of Southern Denmark, said the government may have broken the law by not seeking agreements with affected municipalities before burying the mink.

The gas in their bodies is now causing the mink to rise to the surface, raising fears of contamination.

In early November, Denmark announced that it would euthanize more than 15 million mink, due to a troublesome mutation of the coronavirus transmitted by these animals, which could, according to preliminary studies, threaten the efficacy of the future vaccine for humans. More than 10 million mink have already been slaughtered, according to the latest figures, in a move that has been criticized by parliament for failing to consult lawmakers before ordering farmers to slaughter their mink.

After that, the minister in charge was forced to resign, but the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen still faces questions about her handling of the case. The list of errors, including alleged acts of cruelty due to the hasty nature of the massacre, even angered members of Frederiksen’s own Social Democratic Party.

Wiping away his tears, the Prime Minister personally apologized on Thursday, November 26 for the management of the health crisis in which a mutation of covid-19 led to the massacre of mink in hatcheries. He was visiting a mink farm in Kolding Municipality, where all the animals were slaughtered while they were in good health, which the executive had no legal right to do, as was later demonstrated.

“I have no problem apologizing for the unfolding of events as mistakes were made,” Frederiksen said. to the TV2 channel. Visibly moved, she stopped several times to wipe away her tears, stressing that it is important to remember that the blame is not on the breeders: “It is because of the coronavirus, and I hope that” there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for the Danish mink breeders right now ”.

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