Hong Kong defends hamster cull amid worsening COVID-19 outbreak

Hong Kong authorities have closed down a second apartment block in an attempt to halt a COVID-19 outbreak as Chief Executive Carrie Lam defended a pet hamster cull that has angered animal rights activists.Experts say animals do not appear to play a significant role in spreading COVID-19Ms Lam said on Saturday that a second Kwai Chung apartment block, home to more than 2,000 people, would be shut down for five days.

By Saturday, officials recorded some 105 cases in Kwai Chung, including confirmed and preliminary positive tests. On Tuesday, officials ordered the killing of about 2,000 hamsters from dozens of pet shops after tracing a COVID-19 outbreak to a worker at a shop, where 11 hamsters later tested positive for the virus."I understand pet owners will be unhappy but we do have to take public interest as our first priority."

Thousands of people have offered to adopt unwanted hamsters amid a public outcry against the government and its pandemic advisers.

The Australian news is deliberately distorting facts and smearing them. Isn't there an epidemic and relevant measures should be taken? No wonder Australia has such a serious epidemic. It is a country with human rights

MorpheusBeing Is this based on real science or has someone in power had a bad hamster experience?

BUSINESSES say the LNP animals do not appear to play a significant role in spreading COVID-19 But actual HEALTH authorities say they are not ruling out transmission between the LNP animals & real humans. So it’s time to cull all LNP MEMBERS from government LNPDeathCult ❤️✊

This is quite ridiculous. Everyone knows pets do not carry Covid. But EATING Armadillos and snakes? Who knows?

I'm not surprised, look at the size of the buggers!

Murderers

‘Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries’ 🤷‍♂️

Yet on ABC Breakfast you're featuring another long boring 'business' interview from WA Chamber of Commerce whining on about 'uncertainty' in a highly privileged sector.

Disgusting act of animal l genocide

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