Time Magazine (April 7) – “A tiger is not a domestic cat, they are a completely different species of cats,” says Karen Terio, chief of the Zoological Pathology Program at the University of Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine. “To date we have no evidence of the virus being transmitted from a pet to their owners. It’s much, much more likely that an owner could potentially transmit it to their pet.”
“Over 1 million human cases at this point worldwide and we’ve only seen four domestic animals test positive so far worldwide, so the risk is very minimal [for COVID-19] to get to pets,” says William Sander, assistant professor of preventive medicine and public health, also at the University of Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine.
https://time.com/5816383/pets-coronavirus/
Also in:
* WBBM-TV (Chicago CBS affiliate; April 8)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/could-house-cats-be-vulnerable-to-covid-19/
* Chicago Tribune (April 8)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-bronx-tiger-chicago-pets-20200408-bdw3p2kjfrghtk2uz6cohzngv4-story.html