More than 2000 animals will be killed after Covid-19 cases were linked to a pet shop, in a move that’s upset animal rights activists.
reports the Chinese territory announced the culling after 11 rodents imported from the Netherlands tested positive for Covid at a pet store, according to local broadcaster RTHK.
The cases were traced to the Little Boss pet store, where a 23-year-old female employee around the same time also tested positive, theHealth authorities are investigating the case as a possible instance of animal-to-human transmission, the paper reported. Thomas Sit, a veterinarian and assistant director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, said authorities did not want to put down all the hamsters but that the culling was necessary.
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