1. Denmark culls mink over coronavirus mutation fears

2. Members of Danish health authorities are assisted by members of the Danish Armed Forces in disposing of dead mink in a military area near Holstebro in Denmark, November 9.

3. A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

4. Culled are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

5. Culled mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

6. People prepare mink for culling at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

7. Mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

8. A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

9. Dead minks are seen at Sydvestjysk Pelscenter where they are pelted, in Varde, Denmark, November 7. John Randeris/Ritzau Scanpix

10. People push a cart with culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

11. A caged mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

12. People transport culled mink of the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

13. A man handles culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

14. The foot of a mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen

15. Authorities initiated the cull last week, saying the new strain could move to humans and evade future COVID-19 vaccines so the mink herd, one of the world's biggest, needs to be eliminated.

16. A mink is seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen