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February 14, 2021
LAHORE: Two 11-week-old white tiger cubs that died in a Lahore zoo last month appear to have died of COVID-19, officials said.
The cubs died in the Lahore Zoo on Jan. 30, four days after beginning treatment for what officials thought was feline panleukopenia virus, a disease that zoo officials said is common in Pakistan and targets cats’ immune system, reported British wire service.
But an autopsy found the cubs’ lungs were badly damaged and they were suffering from severe infection, with pathologists concluding they died from COVID-19. Although no PCR test for the new coronavirus was conducted, zoo deputy director Kiran Saleem said the zoo believes the cubs were the victims of the pandemic that has killed 12,256 people in Pakistan.
Rare white tiger cubs die of Covid 19 after exposure to infected handler
14 Feb, 2021 07:57 PM
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A Pakistani zoo is under scrutiny after two extremely rare white tiger cubs died last month from what appears to be Covid-19. File photo / Alicia Chong, Unsplash
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A Pakistani zoo is under scrutiny after two extremely rare 11-week-old white tiger cubs died last month from what appears to be Covid-19, officials say.
The cubs died in the Lahore Zoo on January 30 just days after they started treatment for feline panleukopenia virus, a disease that targets the immune system of cats and is common in Pakistan.
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