2000 Small animals in Hong Kong to be killed because of covid.

[Catherine]

The cull has carried on and over 2000 animals have been killed. So far only 9 hamsters have tested positive. Out of the 800 hamsters sampled, that is not a large number. Five  people who visited a pet shop also tested positive for covid. Of course it has not been determined where they caught covid. 

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/22/9-hams...l-animals/

The World Health Organization maintains that the risk of animal to human transmission is low. This strong reaction to an infected hamster is not really going to help the overall pandemic situation. Instead it has created a panic among hamster owners. More than 50 hamsters were found abandoned in the streets.  If hamsters were really a source of the virus all these abandoned hamsters would be a health hazard. Instead it is just a sad case of animal abandonment. Little hamsters out on the streets are not going to do well. It is a dangerous, frightening experience for them.

Fortunately there are some who are looking out for the hamsters.

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/20/covid-...concerned/

Hopefully things will calm down when no more infected hamsters are found.