The decision means Denmark will not apply for an exemption from the EU ban, which will take effect next summer, with a two-year transition period.
"An activity should not continue just because it has existed for a long time. It must also be meaningful for society, the economy and the animals," Minister for Nature and Animal Welfare Christian Rabjerg Madsen (S) said in a press release.
During the Covid pandemic, the Danish government decided to cull 15 million mink over fears of a mutated infection among the animals, which are bred primarily for their fur.
