A four-year-old tiger at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus, while a number of her fellow big cats have begun showing symptoms
Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo. Photo: Julie Larsen Maher/© WCS/WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY . In a press release, the zoo — which has been closed since March 16 — said it tested the tiger, Nadia, “out of an abundance of caution,” because she and her sister, Azul, in addition to two Amur tigers and three African lions, had developed dry coughs and decreased appetites.
The zoo believes the affected animals caught the coronavirus from an asymptomatic keeper who didn’t know they were infected. None of the other big cats — servals, pumas, cheetahs, a variety of leopards — have charted symptoms so far. Some pet owners have registered concern and confusion on the subject of animals and the coronavirus: In February, a dog came up with a “weak positive” for COVID-19 in Hong Kong, but experts assured us that the odds of dogs spreading the virus to humans were very, very low. Cats may — may; there is so much we still don’t know — be a slightly different story. One recent study suggests cats might be able to pass the novel coronavirus to other cats, if not necessarily to humans. But according to Dr.
“There doesn’t appear to be, at this time, any evidence that suggests that the animals can spread the virus to people or that they can be a source of the infection in the United States,” Rooney said. COVID-19 still seems to spread primarily from person to person, and the best ways to mitigate your risk are still keeping hands washed and simply staying home whenever possible.
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