Hong Kong to Kill 2,000 Animals After Hamsters Get COVID-19
SnopesFEB 27 2022
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 has stopped the sale of hamsters and the importing of small mammals.
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.