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COVID19 testing at Irish fur farms: Govt must shut them down

RTE News has reported that “testing on mink [fur] farms in Kerry, Donegal and Laois is under way as part of enhanced surveillance implemented by the Department of Agriculture in the wake of a variant of Covid-19 being discovered in mink farms in other countries.” The President of the Epidemiology and Public Health section of the Royal Society of Medicine is warning that if the new strain of Covid-19 discovered in mink in Denmark becomes dominant, then all the efforts made to develop an effective vaccine may be "for nothing". It is imperative, given what is at stake, that the Irish Government scraps the “enhanced surveillance” approach and, in the interests of public health, takes preventive action and immediately shuts down the three fur farms. In an email to Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, ICABS stated: “It would be unforgivable if this course of action was not followed and a mutated version of the virus emerged in Ireland, causing further infections, deaths, lockdowns and a possible return to square one for those working to produce an effective vaccine.” Both were reminded that the government has already pledged to ban fur farming and that the closure of fur farms is inevitable so therefore, closing them down now would merely be a matter of speeding up this process. Read the full RTE News report Coronavirus testing at Irish mink farms under way https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1109/117... Find out more about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and how you can protect yourself and your family - https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/ ACTION ALERT Please join us in urging the government to shut down Ireland’s three remaining fur farms and put in place the promised ban on fur farming. Micheál Martin, Taoiseach Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +353 (0)1–618 4350 or +353 (0)21-432 0088 Facebook:   / michealmartintd   Twitter:   / @michealmartintd   Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Telephone: +353 (0)1-704 3630 OR +353 (0)1-640 3133 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Tweet to: @LeoVaradkar Facebook:   / leovaradkar   Eamon Ryan TD Leader, Green Party Tel: 01 618 3894 Email: [email protected] Facebook:   / eamonryangp   Twitter:   / eamonryan   Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly Tel: (01) 201 7300 or (01) 618 3041 Email: [email protected] Facebook:   / donnellyforwicklow   Twitter:   / donnellystephen   Charlie McConalogue Minister for Agriculture Tel: (01) 618 3199 Email: [email protected] Facebook:   / charliemcconalogue   Twitter:   / @mcconalogue   Sign and share our petition Ban fur farming in Ireland https://www.change.org/p/ban-fur-farm... Please support our campaign with a donation https://www.paypal.me/banbloodsports