While Denmark often appears as the best functioning rule of law state in international surveys and indexes, the government sanctioned mink cull in late 2020 for fear of mutated coronavirus variant has challenged that picture. Particularly when it was discovered that there was no legal framework for the dramatic action, which involved both health authorities and the police and resulted in the killing of millions of minks, a public uproar broke out. This article details the case from the emergency measure to the public scandal and how it resulted in a public inquiry and discussions of possible impeachment of the Prime minister Mette Frederiksen. Building on the framework of the sociology of public scandals, the analysis shows how an initial legal critique of the government action eventually translated into a broader political and public uproar. The focal point is how legal debates and critique as a normative point of reference can frame and define a political scandal.