Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected.
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Hong Kong to kill 2,000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19
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Hong Kong’s hamster cull shows the absurdity of its zero-covid mission
Hong Kong will cull hundreds of hamsters after some tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the city pushes to maintain its strict "zero-Covid" strategy.
People who recently purchased hamsters from a pet store where nearly a dozen tested positive will have to hand over their new pets to authorities for euthanization.
Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected.
Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected
Health authorities in the territory have said the animals are to be "humanely" put down after coronavirus infections were traced back to hamsters at a pet shop.
Health authorities in the territory have said the animals are to be "humanely" put down after coronavirus infections were traced back to hamsters at a pet shop.
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong warned people not to kiss pets and ordered a mass cull of hamsters on Tuesday, to the outrage of animal-lovers, after 11 of the rodents
Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Gab Sebastian Hughes, DCNF Hong Kong authorities announced they would kill 2,000 small animals after several hamsters contracted COVID-19 in a pet store, […]
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested positive for coronavirus, as the city pursues an uncompromising zero-Covid strategy two years into the pandemic.
Hong Kong's government faced outrage Wednesday over its decision to cull hundreds of small animals after hamsters in a store tested positive for Covid-19.
Hong Kong will cull thousands of hamsters and other small pets after a COVID-19 outbreak was traced to a pet shop in the city. The animal cull has been ordered out of precaution, but it has also prompted a strong reaction against it.
After 11 hamsters tested positive for the coronavirus, Hong Kong is killing 2,000 of them. The cull has sparked backlash from residents who have long lived with the absurd difficulties of Hong Kong's zero-covid policy.
