Pity the American mink. The otter-like creatures are preyed on by coyotes, wolves and, above all, humans, who progressed from trapping the animals to farming them for their fur. Now 17m of the semiaquatic mammals face a nationwide cull in Denmark over fears of a coronavirus mutation — assuming, that is, Danish legislators work out how they can do so legally.
美洲水貂真可怜。这种貌似水獭的生物被郊狼、狼、尤其是人类捕食,后者更是从捕捉这种动物发展到为获得它们的皮毛而养殖它们。目前,由于人类担心新冠病毒突变,1700万这种半水栖哺乳动物在丹麦面临着一场全国性扑杀——假如丹麦的立法者能想出如何合法地这样做。
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