"Basically, a farm will have three visits in one year in order to get an assessment," he says.
"If they have all of the provisions for the animals in terms of cages and enrichments and they feed them well and take care of them well, then they will get a good score. Any farm starts with score zero and then they get scores for everything they do. The best score they can get is 100, but I don't think anyone will get 100."
Image captionStraw, shelves and plastic tubes are required by Danish law
Image captionTwo animals are kept in each cage which is around 90cm long and 30cm wide
Image captionMink are presented with a stick to see how they react
The "Welfur" assessments, as they are known, will look at housing and management conditions, but also observe how the animals themselves seem to be doing.
One of the tests involves putting a stick through the bars of the cage. Inquisitive mink that approach it are seen as well adjusted. Any that back off and appear fearful are considered likely to be living in stress.
'We ask the animal what they want'
In another room, a specially adapted cage includes a nest box, food, a running wheel and swimming water. Pressing the right lever allows access to each of these resources. Observing how often mink are prepared to press each lever to access different parts of the cage is used to measure the animal's preferences.
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