Hundreds of mink dead from COVID-19 on Fraser Valley farm in B.C. The farm has not been identified “due to potential safety concerns,” according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries.Sally Otto, a zoology professor at the University of British Columbia, said mink farms are ideal breeding grounds for viruses, because of the close quarters and high rate of contact the animals have with one another.“The real danger is that it spreads from farm to farm,” she said.“In other U.S.