In this Oct. 10. 2019, photo, provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Ramil, a male snow leopard, rests at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. Ramil was tested for the coronavirus after caretakers noticed that he had a cough and runny nose on Thursday, July 22, 2021. The animal's stool sample was tested by the zoo staff and at a state-level lab, both of which confirmed the presence of the coronavirus, the zoo said in a statement the following day.
The case prompted the zoo to request an experimental COVID-19 vaccine for animals for emergency use. The vaccine from Zoetis, animal health company that was once part of Pfizer, was administered to species most at risk of contracting COVID-19, including several primates and big cats.There is no vaccine mandate for the staff, but unvaccinated employees are required to wear masks at all times, the zoo said.
And you ppl still believe that its a virus...lol can't you see this is radiation exposure
I'd like to meet the person who stuck the q-tip up his nose.
Dumbest story ever. Nobody cares about animals getting the Corona virus aka the flu
When I had COVID my male maine coon cat also caught it. He sneezed over and over again but always has a wet nose from his loud purring. We were both over it in a week. Must have caught it from the zookeepers assigned to the big cats.
Snow Leopard statement: “So you take me from my huge, remote expanse of beautiful land in the mountains, to somewhere that’s too warm and isolate me in this small enclosure so you all can awkwardly stare at me en mass, and now you give me your disease. Thanks. Much appreciated.”
Ramil is a gooooooodddd kitty. Purrrrrrrrrr
Where has the ordinary cold gone? Is every sneeze and cough coronavirus?
so one of it’s up close handlers gave it to it. bet they were vaxed too 🤷♂️
Unvaccinated snow leopard? I can work who he voted for in the 2020 election.
Why don't those leopards wear masks? Did they social distance?
I don't want to try to put a mask on that guy.
Plague inc
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😂😂😂😂
Cats lick their hands all the time without washing them, what do you expect.
😢😢😢 The mutant!!! Maybe it's time to go back to the basics;better dieting and hygiene is of no equivalence!!!
Have u vaccinated him?
Where are the contact tracers the government hired?
starrystarryn_t Humans don’t deserve animals.
I hope he gets better soon. 💞
Not spotted in time?
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The GOVERNMENT don't give a damn about us.. Their is not going to be a fourth check.. Covid is not going no where no time soon.. They only care about JEFF flying into space for the hell of it because he is rich.. Individuals struggling never get any help.. Its sad!!!!!
Oh..oh..now we should be worried if the animals die...what is man gonna eat...the Italians killed Jesus and now China doomed mankind...thanks alot humanity...
Maybe someone should put a ' COVID-free zone' sign up at the zoo entrance. That'll stop it.
Poor baby
Ban the unvaccinated from zoos too!
probably anti-vax. cancel this cat!
One leopard who doesn’t bother with hipaa
I wonder if these animals always carried the virus..
KathyHoldshope Snow leopards will not wear masks, and it's okay (only if you're a snow leopard)
No animals wear masks. So is it our pets that are spreading COVID?
Magnificent animal. Sad that s/he has to live in a cage.
Wouldn't want to intubate that pussy
'Mask up !....What are ya, a pussy?'
Even the great cats have anti vaxxers.
Its hell to get his mask on😜
rebecca_528 poor Ramil
Probably caught it from his Caretakers
My god, a snow leopard in CAPTIVITY 😡😡😡
It's the beginning of the end. COVID is going to be a mass extinction event. Thanks China.
Why wasn’t the cat wearing a mask? I mean, masks stop everything from what we are told.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just wait for the other animals to start protesting the lockdown
Why doesn’t Ramil have to wear a mask?!? That’s bullshit!
ItsTheNewLeft Aww. 😢 Poor baby kitty. 🐆
can all animals get the virus?
I see there’s no shortage jokesters, today. But seriously, if cross species transmission has become easier we might be in a world of trouble. The virus is likely to be around a long time, giving it plenty of time to develop more variants.
cryborg Awww
Shoulda worn his mask. Damn covidiot.
“Unvaccinated snow leopard” says the headline. Serious questions, are we supposed to get out pets vaccinated for covid?
Lmao Biden is he'll bent on boosting those covid numbers. Vaxxing animals now 😭
Unvaccinated people are hurting animals now?
Aren’t the cough and the runny nose symptoms?
Watch out for those anti-masking big cats!
What a BEAUTIFUL animal. I love big cats.
Poor guy! I feel infinitely worse for him than I do the unvaccinated asshats who are contracting the virus.
Only down in Diego County at the Diego County zoo
Anti-vaxxers in the animal kingdom smdh.
Quarantine? So they can’t go shopping or to the club? Damn.
Hope Ramil, get well soon!
He shouldn't have resisted the vaccine... 😂
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'Unvaccinated' implies that there are vaccinated animals. Are there vaccinated animals?
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