HONG KONG, Jan 19 A mass hamster cull in Hong Kong sparked fears among animal welfare groups today that panicky people would abandon their pets after 11 of the rodents from one petshop in the city tested positive for Covid-19. The local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA),.
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.
Hong Kong, suspecting that imported hamsters may have spread Covid, ordered the culling of thousands of the small mammals as part of its increasingly fervent quest to eliminate the virus.
Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the seizing of around 2,000 small animals after hundreds of hamsters tested positive for the coronavirus infection. The situation was first noticed after a pet store employee tested positive for the infection and was later found to have the Delta variant.
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