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Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s also been extremely deadly in seals, sea lions and minks.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

Domestic rats, color-pointed gerbils, and American minks can also carry the mutation.

From National Geographic • Oct. 27, 2023

However, there are documented cases of H5N1 spreading in mammalian populations, ranging from minks to sea lions and dolphins, raising concern about human-to-human spread.

From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023

The chickadees sang alone, not in a winter group, and the skunks and minks and foxes found food more abundant in the forest than at my tree house.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George