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Taxpayer-funded COVID Shots for Minks just the Latest Nova Scotia Industry Outage

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    Abstract

    Nova Scotia's Department of Agriculture has quietly announced its plan to prop up the mink farm industry, by paying for COVID-19 vaccines for minks. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve learned that minks can catch COVID, spread it between themselves, and transmit it to the humans who work on these farms. As part of Nova Scotia’s vaccination program, 54,000 doses will be administered to the animals whose pelts will eventually be sold overseas.

    Original languageCanadian English
    Publication statusPublished - Nov. 16 2021

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • COVID-19 vaccine
    • mink farming
    • animal agriculture
    • public health and infectious disease

    Disciplines

    • Animal Law

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