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Flying fur prices put fox in focus as mink cull sparks shortage Toggle share menu Advertisement Flying fur prices put fox in focus as mink cull sparks shortage Labelled mink pelts are seen in storage at Kopenhagen Fur during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Glostrup, Denmark, Dec 7, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly) 14 Dec 2020 08:39AM Share this content Bookmark COPENHAGEN: Denmark s coronavirus-driven mink cull has put the fur business in a spin, with industry officials expecting fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi to snap up fox and chinchilla to fill the gap. The global fur trade, worth more than US$22 billion a year, is reeling from Denmark s decision to kill 17 million farmed mink after COVID-19 outbreaks at hundreds of farms led to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the mammals.

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