The headlines are ripped right out out from our futuristic collective nightmares.
“thousands of zombie minks rise from the grave”

But if we back away from that sensational attention grabber and look at the actual story, and it’s developments through the month, it is no less disturbing. Oh and the rising from the grave thing- it’s real – but it’s due to gasses in the carcasses and rushed burial techniques. not actual zombies.
but this story is scary enough without those – especially to animal lovers and specifically mink lovers in either Demark or apparently OREGON.

so I’m gonna let the headlines tell the story in a linear fashion and I’ll just try to steer the ship.

So, if you you ever need a nicer way of saying slaughter, use culled.

Cick HERE to read this BBC article from November 5. You need to read it.

but here is an excerpt that I took from the article:

“Coronavirus cases have also been detected in farmed mink in the Netherlands and Spain since the pandemic began in Europe.

But cases are spreading fast in Denmark – 207 mink farms in Jutland are affected – and at least five cases of the new virus strain were found. Twelve people had become infected, the authorities said.

Prime Minister Frederiksen described the situation as “very, very serious”. Danish police and army personnel will help to carry out the mass cull.

Ms Frederiksen cited a government report which said the mutated virus had been found to weaken the body’s ability to form antibodies, potentially making the current vaccines under development for Covid-19 ineffective.”

Okay so then they killed at least ten million mink – and then found out it was against procedure- and now they are halfway through it.

Click HERE to read the article in Fortune from November 11.

But here’s some good stuff I pulled from their article:

“At least 10 million Danish mink have already been slaughtered, after farmers acted on a government order that has since been retracted because it broke the law.

The fate of the animals, some of which were killed in such haste that there were eye-witness reports of thousands of mink carcasses strewn across a public motorway, provides a graphic reminder of the real-world consequences of a string of political missteps in Denmark that could have global consequences.

The country is grappling with a new mutation of the coronavirus found in its mink population. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the variant has the potential to derail efforts to develop a Covid vaccine. The only option left to Denmark, she says, is to cull its entire mink population of roughly 17 million animals.”

OK now lets talk about the zombie minks.

Click HERE to read this entire article in the Guardian from November 25.

Here are the best parts of that article, to save you some time.

“It was possible, however, that “small quantities of bacteria may still be trapped in their fur”, he said, adding that it was “never healthy to get close to dead animals, so therefore this is of course something to stay away from”.

Denmark, the world’s largest exporter of mink fur, announced in early November it would cull the country’s more than 15 million mink after discovering a mutated version of the virus that could have jeopardised the effectiveness of future vaccines.

Two weeks later, and in the midst of a political crisis over the legality of its decree, the government concluded that the threat to human vaccines had “very likely been extinguished” in the absence of any further cases of the mutated version.”

Okay so this is where I showed up.

Immediately my first thought was HOLY SMOKES WHAT IF THIS COMES TO OREGON IN A COUPLE MONTHS? That was on Thursday.

Then I wake up to this.

Oregon, Wisconsin, Utah and Michigan are all reporting cases tied to their mink industry and factory fur farms.

Click HERE for the link to the USA Today story.

And here are some of the more pertinent parts of it:

“Oregon Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Andrea Cantu-Schomus declined to say which county the farm is in or how many workers have tested positive, citing federal health privacy rules. The farm has about 12,000 animals, she said. 

Outbreaks in farmed minks have been reported in several U.S. states and countries. Earlier this month Denmark announced it would kill all 17 million of the minks raised there after confirmation that 12 people had been infected with a mutated strain of COVID-19 that had spread from minks to humans. That strain has not been found elsewhere. 

Oregon has the nation’s fourth-largest farmed mink industry, after Wisconsin, Utah and Michigan. All three of those other states have had outbreaks on mink farms. “

Details are scarce, and I will keep this article updated as new information is released.

But I will say this, someday when the human race is finally eliminated. It will mostly likely be from a virus that originated because of the lack of compassion shown to animals all over the planet.

5000g

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I had no idea what I was in for. We had already had a perfect day visiting Kealakekua Bay and Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.

Also known as the City of Refuge, the sanctuary boasts 17 foot thick walls and fresh water pools.

Then we found out about the 1871 trail

one of those days where you feel like an urbansurvivorman

with a dip in Pele’s hot tub

and then finish the day with some rombutons!

5000g

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I can’t build with someone who is gonna change up and fly away

Ok so somewhere there’s gotta be another post about our trip to DC. This one is about the locals I met outside the 7-11.

I’ve never been scared of cockroaches or whatever, and I’ve actually always kind of appreciated them because they just do their thing. Since I moved to Hawaii though and became friends with the slower bigger ones on the beach my tolerance has turned into affection.

See the one thing I really appreciate about cockroaches is they haven’t changed in a million years. I value consistency over flashiness and so while the caterpillar deserves all the success he can find flying around- we never expected him to be around forever. So I’m gonna stay building with the consistent ones.

OKAY SO HERE IS ALL MY COCKROACH PICNIC FOOTAGE MASHED UP FOR YOU

xxxxx5000g

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I wanted to build a monkey army

and you have to know how serious I am about that

but then I found out that a large majority of the monkeys have herpes- which fatal to humans and can be transmitted through bite or scratch. So maybe we wouldn’t spend THAT MUCH time with them but I had to at least go hang out with them. And if there wasn’t enough time (we only had 72 hours to go from Portland to Tampa Bay to the Ocala Forest and back) then we at least needed to meet them and take some selfies.

so then we gave up on the river and tried the savannah grasses growing through the sand

and then through the bog

we ended up giving up for the day but keeping our vibe high. I wasn’t ready to admit defeat and held on to the belief that there was no way we could possibly fly across country and fail in the mission.

and then came back the next day on a super short schedule

the plane home waits for nobody

we decided to stay close to the river but walk the shoreline

I HAD ONE LAST PLAN TO TRY

she would never lie and you can see the truth in her eyes…

SO HERE IT IS

ALL OF MY MONKEY FOOTAGE JAMMED TOGETHER FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

look for more detailed content from this trip in the near future, including a couple alligators.

xxxxx5000g

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(fish) food for though

Joe showed this to me and I couldn’t believe I’d never been here – so I had to show Karen.

I’d driven up the adjacent roads a bunch of times just being stoned or whatever and wandering around the woodsier parts of town but I’d never bothered to even pull into the parking lot. I shoulf have done this a long time ago. Its a great day trip even if you don’t plan on fishing.

there’s like five or seven ponds. I don’t remember.

But like I said

I was pretty high the whole time

but you should check them out

they’re right off Hwy26 towards Mt Hood

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not even on Father’s Day

“but Henry… it’s father’s day dear.”

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