Close the mink farms in Sweden permanently
Project 1882, together with more than 40 organizations, today present a joint appeal to the Swedish government and parliament. After SARS-CoV-2 was spread throughout the majority of Sweden's mink farms last autumn, the government introduced a temporary breeding ban in 2021. To avoid the risk of infections spreading in the future, the organizations in the joint appeal urge the government to produce a decommissioning plan for mink farming in Sweden.
This January, the Swedish government announced a total stop of breeding minks in Sweden in 2021. The decision came after almost a year of recurring alarm reports about the spread of Covid-19 among minks on Swedish mink farms. Since then, the government decided to compensate the mink farms in Sweden with SEK 60 million to help the farms to survive.
Now Project 1882, together with 44 other organizations, has written a joint appeal to the Swedish government and parliament, with the Minister of Agriculture Jennie Nilsson at the head, with a call that the mink farms should be closed down permanently. This is in view of the extensive risks of the spread of infection that are closely linked to the unethical attitude of mink farming.
