*[Enwl-eng] Congress must finally ban mink farming in the U.S.

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                        Mink-farming is cruel and torturous - and helped 
spread COVID.









                        Mink Fur Farming Hurts Animals - and Spreads Deadly 
COVID Variants to People



                        Sign Now






                        We already know that fur farming is grotesque and 
brutal, often involving ripping the hides and hairs off of screaming caged 
animals who are given no other life. Now we also know that fur farming — 
more specifically, farming mink — has contributed significantly to the 
spread of COVID-19 and its multiple variants. Many other animal species 
besides humans can catch the deadly disease. But unlike other non-human 
species, mink can then spread COVID... back to humans. By the time they do, 
the virus has often mutated considerably in their bodies. Mink-involved 
COVID outbreaks have already occurred in the U.S. multiple times.



                        There are more than 200 mink farms operating in the 
U.S., locking up these helpless furry animals and harvesting them for their 
pelts. Even though researchers have discovered, time and again, that mink 
are uniquely vulnerable to COVID infections, the U.S. government has done 
very little to monitor outbreaks or general animal health at these farms. 
Even though cases have exploded at upwards of 18 farms (that we know of so 
far), the U.S. government has merely asked mink farmers to please comply 
with voluntary guidelines.



                        Mink farmers have been quick to protect the secrecy 
at their farms, refusing to support a more standardized system of federal 
testing and reporting. Naturally, they're also uninterested in working to 
protect these animals' welfare and rights to kind treatment. What happens at 
their farms affects these caged animals — and all of us humans, too. But 
these fur-harvesting profit-seekers don't seem to care. Mink fur farmers 
exploit and harm animals. They rebuff federal health investigations. And 
they allow COVID outbreaks to run rampant, creating deadly new variants that 
come back to infect the rest of us. Clearly the mink farming industry cannot 
be trusted. Sign the petition to demand the U.S. Congress shut down all fur 
farming in the country, now!




                 Thank you,

                        Miranda

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. It's long past time to end fur farming for 
good. Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2022 11:17 AM
Subject: Congress must finally ban mink farming in the U.S.

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