The COVID transmission link between animals and humans is growing stronger. In Hong Kong, officials discovered a local pet shop employee was infected with COVID by hamsters in the store. People who ...

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Animal rights advocates in Hong Kong are condemning the decision of the local government to cull 2,000 hamsters due to COVID-19 infections found in 11 of the rodents. Local health officials conducted ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will cull some 2,000 small animals, including hamsters after several of the rodents tested positive for the virus at a pet store where an ...

Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested positive for coronavirus, as the city pursues an uncompromising zero-Covid ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill some 2,000 small animals, including hamsters after several of the rodents tested positive for the virus at a pet store where an ...

GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)- A Denver man faces animal cruelty charges after police claim he stole hamsters from the pet store where he worked and then killed some of them. William Riddick appeared in court ...

Authorities in Hong Kong are planning to cull around 2,000 small animals after a pet store employee and several imported hamsters tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report by the Associated ...