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Lisa Oestereich <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:46:15 +0000
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Not ferret but Minkie related (for the time being anyway). This is
really, really creepy. Warning, there are some very sad pictures in
this article.

Lisa O.

World Council for Nature<http://wcfn.org/>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7th 2014
1,600 miscarriages at fur farm near wind turbines

Denmark: 1,600 animals were born prematurely at a mink farm last month.
Many had deformities, and most were dead on arrival. The lack of
eyeballs was the most common malformation. Veterinarians ruled out food
and viruses as possible causes. The only thing different at the farm
since last year has been the installation of four large wind turbines
only 328 meters away.

The wind farm consists of four 3 MW turbines, VESTAS model V112,
reaching out to 140 meters in height at the tip of the blades. When
they became operative last fall, a first mishap was reported by the
mink farmer, who was heard about it at a parliamentary committee on
the environment in January this year (1). The World Council for Nature
(WCFN) reported the incident earlier: "In Denmark, which is the EU's
leader in mink farming, millions of Danish kroners were lost in damaged
pelts when wind turbines started to operate near a mink farm. The
animals became aggressive, attacking one another, and resulting in
many deaths" (2).

Full article at:
http://wcfn.org/2014/06/07/windfarms-1600-miscarriages/

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