Opinion: A case for Hong Kong's hamsters
Hong Kong's government is directing anyone who bought a hamster in the past five weeks to surrender their pets for euthanasia after 11 of the animals tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Hong Kong's government is directing anyone who bought a hamster in the past five weeks to surrender their pets for euthanasia after 11 of the animals tested positive for the coronavirus.
Though there is no evidence of domestic animals passing the disease to humans, officials say they are acting out of caution
Hong Kong will cull hundreds of hamsters after some tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the city pushes to maintain its strict zero-Covid strategy
Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters, other small animals after coronavirus found in pets
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s decision to kill thousands of hamsters, rabbits and chinchillas on the never previously seen risk that they could spread Covid-19 to humans is an overreaction borne of Covid Zero politics that may have no impact on the pandemic, experts said.