1 Hong Kong to Kill 2,000 Animals After Hamsters Get COVID
- Author: voanews.com
- Published Date: 05/15/2022
- Review: 4.88 (883 vote)
- Summary: · Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the
- Matching search results: The city will also stop the sale of hamsters and the import of small mammals, according to officials from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. The pet shop employee tested positive for the delta variant on Monday, and several …
2 Covid-19: Hong Kong to kill 2,000 hamsters & other small animals over untraceable Delta outbreak at pet shop

- Author: hongkongfp.com
- Published Date: 02/05/2022
- Review: 4.59 (388 vote)
- Summary: · Covid-19: Hong Kong to kill 2,000 hamsters & other small animals over untraceable Delta outbreak at pet shop
- Matching search results: Leung announced that approximately 1,000 animals collected from the concerned store and storage unit will be euthanised after further Covid-19 testing. As environment samples had seen positive results, there was still a risk keeping the animals …
3 One surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests COVID positive as city lockdown grows
- Author: reuters.com
- Published Date: 05/18/2022
- Review: 4.42 (559 vote)
- Summary: · On Tuesday, officials ordered the killing of hamsters from dozens of pet shops after tracing a coronavirus outbreak to a worker at a shop and
- Matching search results: Meanwhile, officials have warned that COVID-19 infections could be growing exponentially in the congested residential area of Kwai Chung on the Kowloon peninsula, as a second building in the district with 2,000 residents was locked down on Saturday …
4 Hong Kong to kill 2,000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19
- Author: abcnews.go.com
- Published Date: 03/09/2022
- Review: 4.39 (466 vote)
- Summary: · HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive
- Matching search results: While this coronavirus most likely jumped from animals to humans in the first place, the outbreak became a pandemic because the virus spreads so easily between people. Minks are the only known animals to have caught the virus from people and spread …
5 Thousands of small animals to be culled in Hong Kong over pet shop COVID-19 transmission fears
- Author: abc.net.au
- Published Date: 04/14/2022
- Review: 4.14 (303 vote)
- Summary: · Hong Kong authorities say they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at
- Matching search results: While this coronavirus most likely jumped from animals to humans in the first place, the outbreak became a pandemic because the virus spreads so easily between people. Minks are the only known animals to have caught the virus from people and spread …
6 Fury over Hong Kong&039s mass cull of hamsters and small pets
- Author: france24.com
- Published Date: 12/24/2021
- Review: 3.84 (218 vote)
- Summary: · Hong Kong (AFP) – Hong Kong’s government faced outrage Wednesday over its decision to cull hundreds of small animals after hamsters in a
- Matching search results: While this coronavirus most likely jumped from animals to humans in the first place, the outbreak became a pandemic because the virus spreads so easily between people. Minks are the only known animals to have caught the virus from people and spread …
7 Hong Kong Will Cull Thousands of Hamsters and Small Animals After Delta Variant Was Detected in a Pet Shop
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- Author: smithsonianmag.com
- Published Date: 07/01/2022
- Review: 3.76 (360 vote)
- Summary: · Hong Kong officials will cull 2,000 hamsters and small animals after a worker and 11 hamsters from the Little Boss pet shop tested positive for
- Matching search results: The culling has sparked outrage among animal rights activists. Hong Kong’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals writes it is “shocked and concerned over the recent government announcement on the handling of over 2,000 small animals, …
8 Hong Kong to kill thousands of hamsters after Covid found on 11
- Author: theguardian.com
- Published Date: 10/23/2021
- Review: 3.43 (253 vote)
- Summary: · Hong Kong has ordered thousands of hamsters be surrendered for “disposal” after traces of Covid-19 were found on 11 animals in a pet shop
- Matching search results: While the global science community is sceptical on the likelihood of Covid-19 spreading by international mail, at least at the frequency it is reported in China, Beijing authorities said testing had found traces of the virus on the outside and …
9 Hong Kong Says Hamsters May Have Infected a Pet Shop Worker With COVID-19. Now They All Must Die
- Author: time.com
- Published Date: 05/31/2022
- Review: 3.38 (486 vote)
- Summary: · Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the deaths of some 2,000 hamsters and other small rodent pets after health officials said they may be
- Matching search results: It’s not the first time Hong Kong linked a human’s COVID-19 infection to a pet. At the onset of the pandemic in 2020, a 17-year-old Pomeranian tested positive for the virus. But in that case, health authorities confirmed the dog contracted the …