Hong Kong hamsters owners have begun heeding the government’s call to surrender their pets for a massive cull sparked by suspicions of a possible animal-to-human transmission of Covid-19.
On Wednesday morning, about a dozen residents showed up at the New Territories South Animal Management Centre in Sha Tin to hand over their hamsters to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
One by one, they emerged about 10 minutes later without their pets, saying they had signed an agreement with the authority not to inquire after the animals going forward.
Health minister Sophia Chan Siu-chee ordered the mass hamster cull and temporarily suspended imports of small animals on Tuesday, citing evidence of the first potential animal-to-human transmission of Covid-19 in the city at a local pet shop.
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