Bronx Zoo Tiger tests positive to COVID-19 at Bronx Zoo

[Echobeast]

That being said, there is at least one zoo (Sedgwick County in Kansas) that has opted to keep their great ape area closed to the public during their initial reopening phase. While I'm not claiming that Bronx or any other zoo will follow suit, there is a possibility that other zoos might choose not to allow visitor access to species considered of higher transmission risk.

I was thinking more of it affecting the zoo actually opening to guests. I wouldn't be surprised if CGF and the indoor exhibits were closed as that is what most other zoos are doing at the moment.

 

[John Marchwick]

A tiger has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Zoo Knoxville and it’s believed all of their tigers are infected

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wj...ame-virus-that-causes-covid-19-in-humans/amp/

 

[birdsandbats]

A tiger has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Zoo Knoxville and it’s believed all of their tigers are infected

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wj...ame-virus-that-causes-covid-19-in-humans/amp/

This would be the second documented instance of a zoo animal having Sars-CoV-2, with the first being the aforementioned Bronx Tigers.

 

[John Marchwick]

Four lions test positive for coronavirus at a Spanish zoo
COVID-19 and Your Health

Four African lions have caught coronavirus at the Barcelona Zoo in Spain in addition a mountain lion in South Africa

 

[John Marchwick]

3 snow leopards have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Louisville Zoo

Three snow leopards test positive for coronavirus, making it the sixth confirmed animal species - CNN