01/11/2026
7 years ago - the key part includes that a witch hunt was not started against cats spreading COVID. :( While in Australia some have been quick to start alarms about cats spreading bird flu to native animals! :( Ignoring that it would be native birds most likely to cause this!!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14pwBhnW8qg/
UPDATE: confirmed by Bronx Zoo vet on their page:
'From Dr. Paul Calle, Bronx Zoo chief veterinarian; "The COVID-19 testing that was performed on our Malayan tiger Nadia was performed in a veterinary school laboratory and is not the same test as is used for people. You cannot send human samples to the veterinary laboratory, and you cannot send animal tests to the human laboratories, so there is no competition for testing between these very different situations." '
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It is very important that a witch hunt against all cats is not started as it appears that at least one tiger in the Bronx Zoo has been infected with Covid19, infected by a worker. This is showing how "aggressive" the virus is, not just in the rate of transfer amongst people, but also possibly mutating or transferable across species (this is our guess at this time, we are not vets). Other tigers at the zoo and lions may also potentially be actively infected.
It is being reported by a number of new services, and appears reliable.
' "It's important to assure pet owners and animal owners that at this time there isn't any evidence that they can spread the virus," said Dr Jane Rooney, a veterinarian and a USDA official.' SMH
"The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia, and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill, are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn't yet showing symptoms, the zoo said. The first animal started showing symptoms March 27, and all are doing well and expected to recover, said the zoo, which has been closed to the public since March 16 amid the surging coronavirus outbreak in New York." The Age
"there are many unanswered questions, including whether tigers and lions are more susceptible to coronavirus than other animals. None of the zoo’s other big cats, including snow leopards, cheetahs, a clouded leopard, an Amur leopard, and a puma are showing symptoms" National Geographic