After a tiger in New York contracted coronavirus, L.A. Zoo is taking extra precautions
LA TimesThe Los Angeles Zoo announced increased safety measures for its employees and animals after a tiger in New York tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend. These security measures were already in place for primate, binturong and mustelid species, according to the L.A. “I think the difficulty with this is we don’t know how coronavirus would look like in every single species,” said Dominique Keller, chief veterinarian and director of animal health and wellness for the L.A. “Not every animal or group of animals will exhibit the same signs.” Science & Medicine Coronavirus and pets: Everything you need to know A dog in Hong Kong tested ‘weakly’ positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but may not have contracted it. Zoo officials in San Diego and Santa Barbara said similar safety precautions for animals and employees were implemented prior to the Bronx tiger case. Still, Rooney said a small number of animals in the U.S. have been tested through the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories, and all those tests came back negative except Nadia’s, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo.