Hong Kong to cull hamsters after COVID-19 found in pets

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The decision to cull about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals come after health officials recorded Covid cases at a Hong Kong pet shop. READ:

The employee was found to be infected with the Delta variant, which has become rare in Hong Kong.

Eleven preliminary positive samples were found on hamsters for sale at the Little Boss pet shop in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay. About 1,000 animals from Little Boss and its warehouse will be seized and put down, while staff and customers have been sent for testing.

 

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