White Tiger Cubs in Pakistan Likely Died of COVID-19
Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistani zoo last month appear to have died of COVID-19, officials said.
Zoo officials believe two white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistan zoo last month may have been victims of COVID-19.
The cubs died in the Lahore Zoo on Jan. 30, four days after beginning treatment for what officials thought was feline panleukopenia virus a disease the zoo said is common in Pakistan and targets cats’ immune systems.
But an autopsy found the cubs’ lungs were badly damaged and they were suffering from severe infection. Pathologists concluded that they died from COVID-19.
Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Pakistani zoo last month appear to have died of Covid-19, officials said. The cubs died in the Lahore Zoo on Jan. 30, four days after beginning treatment for what officials thought was feline panleukopenia virus, a disease that zoo officials said is common in Pakistan and targets cats’ immune system.