Hong Kong to Kill 2,000 Animals After Hamsters Get COVID-19
SnopesJul 28, 2021
Hong Kong has told pet shops and hamster owners to turn in around 2,000 of the small rodents to be euthanized because of a coronavirus outbreak at a pet store.
A pet shop worker, a customer and at least 11 hamsters from one store have been confirmed positive.
Hong Kong is taking its "COVID Zero" politics too far. There's no evidence of hamster-to-human transmission and it's outrageous to be killing family pets; they could have been quarantined.
Scientists are still studying the possibility of pet-to-owner transmission. Hong Kong has a low vaccination rate and culling animals is a necessary precaution to protect citizens.