Stubbley and Osceola, two Malayan tigers at the Virginia Zoo, have tested positive for the coronavirus. (WYDaily/Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons)
UPDATE (Friday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m.): The Virginia Zoo posted the following on their Facebook page: “The SARS-CoV-2 virus results for all three tigers have come back positive. For the past two days all three tigers have been back to normal and appear to be making a full recovery at this time. Stubbley and Osceola are anticipated to be back on exhibit early next week. For up-to-date information, read more at VirginiaZoo.org/tigers.”
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Two tigers at Virginia zoo test positive for the coronavirus
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NORFOLK, Va. – Two tigers at a zoo in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday that the Malayan tigers live at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk.
The zoo said it doesn’t know how its tigers were infected. It’s working with health officials and other experts to find out.
The big cats are named Stubbley and Osceola. They started showing mild symptoms such as dry cough and wheezing last week. Testing later confirmed they have COVID. Test results for a third tiger are pending.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Two tigers at a zoo in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday that the Malayan tigers live at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk.
The zoo said it doesn’t know how its tigers were infected. It’s working with health officials and other experts to find out.
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Zoo officials expect them to fully recover as tigers have at other zoos.
The tigers have been removed from the exhibit. Zoo officials say there’s no risk of humans catching the virus.
and last updated 2021-04-15 10:49:04-04
NORFOLK, Va. Two tigers at a zoo in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday that the Malayan tigers live at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk.
The zoo said it does not know how the big cats named Stubbley and Osceola were infected, but zookeepers are working with health officials and other experts to find out. The Animal Care Team first observed mild respiratory symptoms including a dry cough and wheezing in the tigers last week which were consistent with previous cases of COVID-19 in big cats diagnosed with the virus at other zoological institutions, officials posted on Facebook Wednesday. Because of this, both the tigers were tested out of an abundance of caution.