Seven more big cats have coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo, in addition to a tiger that tested positive earlier this month. The zoo said three tigers and three African lions had been coughing, and another tiger, who showed no symptoms, also tested positive.
Seven more big cats have coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo, in addition to a tiger that tested positive earlier this month, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced.
The nonprofit, which runs the famed zoo in New York City, said three tigers and three African lions began showing symptoms in early April, when the zoo announced a 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia tested positive. The six big cats were tested and those results now show they are also infected. According to the zoo, they had been coughing. A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirusOne more tiger, who showed no symptoms, also tested positive.
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