Hong Kong plans to kill 2,000 hamsters for fear of Covid. Angry pet owner

Hong Kong plans to kill 2,000 hamsters for fear of Covid. Angry pet owner, Hong Kong (CNN) Hong Kong euthanizes approximately 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after pet shop staff and several rats test positive for the coronavirus. This is because Hong Kong follows a two-year trendy, uncompromising Zero-Corona strategy.

Hong Kong plans to kill 2,000 hamsters for fear of Covid. Angry pet owner

The Hong Kong government's announcement on Tuesday met with anger from pet owners and animal rights lawyers and urged them to reconsider some online petitions.

This happens after a new cluster connected to the Little Boss Pet Shop, where a 23-year-old employee was confirmed positive for the Delta variant on Monday. Customers who visited the store and contacted employees later tested positive.

After investigating the pet shop, officials said Tuesday that 11 hamsters tested positive for Covid and expressed concern about possible animal-to-human transmission.

In general, the International Health Agency states that the risk of animal-to-human transmission is possible but low.

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Environmental samples taken from storage warehouses where other species of small animals are stored also found evidence of coronavirus, officials said. Pet shop hamsters were imported from the Netherlands in two batches, December 22nd and January 7th.

On Tuesday, authorities confiscated all small animals in the store, including hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, and chinchillas, for testing and euthanized them for public health risks, regardless of test results.

All pet shops in the city that sell hamsters are instructed to hand over the animals to keep them under control, and people who bought hamsters before Christmas from December 22nd have similar orders. ..

The Tuesday night photo shows Covid's admin wearing chemical protective clothing at numerous pet stores, disinfecting the premises, and removing a huge red plastic bag.

Authorities said all animals taken from the store would be treated "humanely".

January 18 Hong Kong government officials investigate Little Boss pet shop.

Authorities have requested that all small animal imports into the city be stopped and that all pet shops selling hamsters be immediately shut down until all small animals have been negatively tested. Officials on Tuesday urged residents to "adopt proper hygiene practices," including avoiding kissing pets.

Over 20,000 people have signed the largest online petition calling on the government not to kill animals. Some social media users say that many hamsters were purchased during the holidays as gifts for young children.

A volunteer from the Hamster Concerns Association said, "Hamsters are our family. Everyone should think logically. Don't let them down because of the incident."

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Both incidents have become a hot topic on Chinese social media, causing widespread frustration and anger among pet owners and sympathizers. However, some posters claim that it is more important to protect human life than animals.

A Hong Kong AFCD spokesman also pointed out European countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark that carried out similar genocide to raise concerns about Covid infections.

In November 2020, Denmark announced that it had discovered a mutant strain of coronavirus in a mink population that had infected humans. In response, the government announced that it had killed 17 million minks to stop its spread.

However, this decision was controversial and, as it turned out last year, was illegal. The government was confused when it became clear that there was no legal basis to order the killing of healthy mink, eventually leading to the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture. In December, when the Prime Minister was summoned to court and the opposition grilled to protest the mink beatings that marched outside, he replied, "There is no explanation (for the director) other than busyness." ..

Danish officials were later forced to excavate thousands of dead minks when the gas used to kill them inflated the corpses and revived them from the mass graves.

The Danish Parliamentary Minister is aware that an investigative commission has been set up to determine if the legal framework is missing, and the investigation is expected to end in April.