Posted on 10/26/2021 2:26:14 PM PDT by algore
Multiple groups of lions at two separate zoos across the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19, specifically the delta variant, the animal sanctuaries said on Monday.
Eleven African lions at Colorado's Denver Zoo and four from Utah's Hogle Zoo have been observed experiencing symptoms of the virus, including coughing, sneezing and acting lethargic.
The 11 lions at the Denver Zoo, all between the ages of 1 and 9 years old, were tested via nasal swabs at Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Fort Collins, and confirmed positive by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
'There have been a number of big cats to come down with COVID-19 at zoos throughout the country, including our two tigers, Yuri and Nikita,' said Brian Aucone, Senior Vice President for Life Sciences for the Zoo, in a statement.
'Fortunately, the vast majority have fully recovered, and the upside is that there's an established knowledge base for us to draw from to help treat our animals.
'We've been in touch with other zoos that have also recently managed COVID cases in their big cats to inform the care we're providing.'
All started showing symptoms after the zoo announced that Yuri and Nikita (part of the family group) tested positive, but 'there is no indication that the two groups of positive cases are connected,' the zoo added.
None of the lions have been vaccinated yet, the Denver zoo said, but they will be — along with the zoo's tigers — once more doses of the animal-specific vaccine is available.
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They got it because YOU are not vaccinated!
Mask those cats!😿😿
If papayas and trees test positive, why not lions?
Just fascinating.
Next we will find out the truth about the removal of General Lee’s statute.
They swabbed his nostrils and found.......wu-flu!!
You first!
I hope they will not try to finish them off by giving them some of those experimental shots.
So how much do you get paid to shove a booger scrambler in a lions nose? Bragging rights that you survived?
Is the CDC trying to mix Animal COVID and human COVID to produce a sinister virus?
It is Tony’s responsibility to mask the tigers.....
“Aw, shucks. I’m speechless.”
“They got it because YOU are not vaccinated!”
No, they got it because some “smart” people never thought to ask themselves if it was a good idea to partner with other countries to find and experiment with as many corona viri as they could find with the sole intent and purpose to make them into a biological weapon of economic destruction.
So if a lion attacks me, I could get the rona?
“So if a lion attacks me, I could get the rona?”
Yes! and you could also be Eligible to get bonus stitches, and sepsis, perhaps even Toxoplasma gondii parasites.
What other mammals can be infected? Dogs? Deer?
Do we need to vax every animal around us ever 6 months to prevent transmission?
We do not have enough trial data to determine how often cats should be injected, but human safety trials are ongoing, and in 5 or 10 years after the results are evaluated we might know more.
in the meantime everyone must get cat masks, especially if they are in an indoor setting where they could be infected by humans.
My thoughts exactly. Poor kitties are better now and on the mend. Paws up!
Don’t vax the zoo animals.
That would be much to dangerous for them.
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