They’re still awaiting final test results, but zoo officials said they’re certain the animals are infected and are treating them as such.
Three tigers — a female Sumatran tiger named Damai, a male Amur tiger named Metis and a female Amur tiger named Nikita — are “eating and alert,†although Nikita and Damai still have “very mild†coughs, officials said in a statement.But other zoos around the country have had infected animals, including the Zoo Atlanta and the San Diego Zoo, where some gorillas tested positive.
Two tigers at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk tested positive this spring.
The National Zoo said it has plans to give the Zoetis vaccine to some of its animals in the coming monthsThe Maryland Zoo in Baltimore said it also plans to give that same vaccine to its otters, chimps and lions — even though no animals at its facility have tested positive for the coronavirus