Hundreds of mink are believed to be being burned alive after surviving being gassed during a Europe-wide cull, reports reveal.

A horrific video, which we have decided to not publish, shows one of the animals squirming inside a 'kill box' ahead of being burned alive.

The shocking clip was seen after Denmark ruled to cull 15 million mink at more than 1,100 farms.

More than a quarter of a million Danes were forced into lowdown on Friday, following reports a mutant strain of mink-related coronavirus had been found passed to humans.

During the culling process, mink are typically moved from their cages into a box containing a gas which kills them in around 10 to 15 seconds, reports The Sun.

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