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3 gorillas test positive for COVID-19 at San Diego Zoo—first in the world

Several gorillas test positive for COVID-19 at California zoo first in the world Natasha Daly © Photograph by Edwin Giesbers, Nature Picture Library Critically endangered western lowland gorillas are known to be susceptible to the novel coronavirus. On January 11, three at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive. Three western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this afternoon, making them the world’s first-known great apes to contract the virus. The gorillas, who live in a troop of eight, are expected to recover, says Lisa Peterson, executive director of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in California. Caretakers have decided to keep all eight gorillas together and monitor them closely.

Several gorillas test positive for COVID-19 at California zoo—first in the world

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Wild Mink Found Near Utah Fur Farm Is the First Wild Animal to Test Positive for COVID-19

Wild Mink Found Near Utah Fur Farm Is the First Wild Animal to Test Positive for COVID-19 People 12/16/2020 © Provided by People Getty After thousands of minks at fur farms in Wisconsin, Michigan and Utah died due a series of coronavirus outbreaks in October, the United States Department of Agriculture has found the first known case of COVID-19 in a non-captive wild animal: a Utah mink. The USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories released an alert on Saturday saying the free-range mink had tested positive in their screenings of wildlife around fur farms with coronavirus outbreaks. Utah state veterinarian Dean Taylor told

Mink is first-known wild animal in US to have coronavirus

Several other wildlife species were tested, including minks, but all tested negative for COVID-19. In November, officials in Denmark became concerned after minks that were culled to stop the spread of the virus turned into zombies due to gases building up in their decomposed bodies. In October, researchers became concerned that the narwhal, described as the unicorn of the sea for its long tusk, could be at risk to the virus, given they are particularly susceptible to infection.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of animals spreading the virus is considered to be low, but there has been evidence of animals getting the virus.

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