Lions and tigers at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., tested positive for the coronavirus last week.
, meaning that laboratory results came back positive but they hadn’t yet been confirmed by a federal lab. That confirmation still hasn’t come in, but the initial results, combined with the cats’ symptoms ― including coughing, sneezing and lethargy along with the appetite loss ― have left the zoo certain that the animals indeed have COVID-19.The tests were conducted using fecal samples from the lions and tigers, not nose swabs.
The zoo’s Friday statement said that all three tigers and three of the lions were getting better and eating normally, but the other three lions ― males Shaka and Jumbe, both 7, and female Shera, 17 ― were of “greater concern.” Shaka and Jumbe were both still lethargic, coughing and had runny noses and low appetites. Those three have been treated with fluid therapy and various medications.
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