In the news this morning a tiger in the NYC zoo has the virus...caught from the person that feeds it. So what about pets getting this???

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SooperSarah

They've known for a while that pets, especially cats can carry it. I don't remember if it makes them sick or not.

SW-User

@SooperSarah
They're saying that cats can give it to each other but THEY CAN'T TRANSFER IT TO HUMANS..

I'm not yelling at you, i just capitalized it for the benefit of others reading this comment..
I love kitties, it would be awful if people started abandoning them because of incomplete information..

anythingoes477 · M

@SW-User "Cross species transmission" is not incomplete information. It's proven science. Whether you like kitties or not......science is science. If people got this from animals....and now a tiger has gotten it from a human...obviously this virus can be transmitted back and forth from humans to animals. ALL animals.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

I think they first found out about a dog getting it in France. They discovered traces of the virus in the nostrils but nowhere else. Now poor tiggy has it.

GeistInTheMachine · 31-35, M

It came from exotic animals first, that the Chinese were capturing, crowding together and eating.

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