Episode 1507 • • 48:02 - 52:47
1507: Leaky Labs
Ohio Mink Farm Activism and Disease Transmission Concerns
Approximately 40,000 mink were released from farms in Ohio and Michigan following attacks by activists using anarchist symbols. While the Fur Commission USA focused on the $1.6 million livestock loss and vandalism, concerns remain regarding the potential for mink to act as a reservoir for COVID-19 or flu. Similar culling events occurred in Europe earlier in the pandemic due to the animals' human-like immune systems.