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Originally Posted by MifuneFan
There's nothing there about a cat dying. The belgium cat did not die, it recovered after 9 days. There have been no reports of any cats dying from everything I've read. One dog is suspected of dying from it, but the owner refused to do a post-mortem to find the actual cause. The article about that says this:
Transmission to pets, and vice-versa is a non-issue based on current documentation. I mean, even logically speaking, there's been over a million human cases now. If this was severely impacting pets, we'd definitely know for weeks (or months) now. There would be no shortage of first-hand reports of pet owners saying their cats and dogs are displaying symptoms, not just a handful of reports, many of which come from laboratory studies. |
Well you got to think it's just like with humans - the majority will recover - but cats with 'underlying conditions' - ie. I know cats can have diabetes, heart issues etc. most likely wouldn't survive.
Question is, how likely is an animal to be infected from their owner???
You got to think the zoo handler isn't snuggling with the Tiger and getting cat kisses...