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Three Snow Leopards at Nebraska Zoo Die of COVID a Month After Testing Positive
Newsweek ^ | 12 November 2021 | Justin Klawans

Posted on 11/13/2021 2:31:12 AM PST by blueplum

A trio of snow leopards at a Nebraska zoo died of COVID-19 one month after contracting the virus, zoo officials said Friday.

The Lincoln Children's Zoo stated that Ranney, Everest, and Malaku all succumbed to COVID-19-related complications. The three snow leopards had first tested positive for COVID on October 13, along with a pair of Sumatran tigers who have since made a full recovery.

Veterinarians attempted to treat the snow leopards with an aggressive regimen of steroids and antibiotics that ultimately proved unsuccessful...

...The virus has already been identified in cats, dogs, lions, otters, tigers, and gorillas, among others. The CDC has stated that symptoms of COVID in animals could include many of the same ones seen in humans: fever, coughing, difficulty breathing, and a general lethargy.

The death of the three Lincoln snow leopards marks the heartbreaking loss of a big cat that is already facing dwindling numbers. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has snow leopards listed as a vulnerable species, and estimates that there are only between 4,000 to 6,500 left in the wild....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: covid; nebraska; snowleopards; zoology
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ancedotally, the tigers and lions seem to do better than leopards. Denver had 2 tigers and 11 lions recover and the tigers at the Omaha Zoo and the Smithsonian Zoo in DC are also recovered or recovering.
1 posted on 11/13/2021 2:31:12 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

They were vaccinated. Prove me wrong.


2 posted on 11/13/2021 2:39:32 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: blueplum
Gorillas And Big Cats At The Denver Zoo Will Soon Get Their COVID-19 Shots
3 posted on 11/13/2021 2:41:39 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: blueplum

Wonder if they gave them cat wormer, you know, that iversomething?


4 posted on 11/13/2021 2:44:54 AM PST by FreedomForce
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To: blueplum

I bet they weren’t they wearing masks. Because masks are magic...


5 posted on 11/13/2021 2:45:26 AM PST by Adder (Proud member of the FJB/LGB community.)
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To: JonPreston
Oakland zoo also
6 posted on 11/13/2021 2:47:24 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

Wow, a thoughtful post with a link which has serious information.


7 posted on 11/13/2021 2:51:48 AM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: blueplum

I’m calling bull dukie. 100 percent of them died ? Glad we humans aren’t suffering from that variant. S/


8 posted on 11/13/2021 2:55:57 AM PST by saturn
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They will all die from the jab before we can eat them though like they did in Venezuela when the food ran out.


9 posted on 11/13/2021 3:13:53 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: blueplum

The cats likely had a different coronavirus, not CoupFlu.

And if CoupFlu tests were showing positive for a different coronavirus, hmmmm....


10 posted on 11/13/2021 3:33:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: mewzilla
From 2002...

Detection of Feline Coronavirus in Captive Felidae in the USA

11 posted on 11/13/2021 3:35:41 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: blueplum

Ask yourself: When the last time was that a new strain of virus ‘jumped’ from one species and spontaneously developed, through random mutation, the ability to infect humans, cats, dogs, and a variety of other animals?

After you’ve pondered that, ask yourself whether you think it’s significant that the first cases of infection with this virus occurred in the same city in China in which a virology lab was doing ‘research’ to give virus strains from the same virus family the ability to infect human cells.


12 posted on 11/13/2021 3:41:05 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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Here comes the Dementia Joe snow leopard vaccine and mask mandates.
Them leopards will look much cuter with masks on them too. Good for zoo business.
Chuckle.
13 posted on 11/13/2021 3:42:21 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: blueplum

Doesn’t the fact that this Chicom bioweapon is infectious across so many species seem more than a bit odd?


14 posted on 11/13/2021 3:43:44 AM PST by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncmccRthym,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: blueplum

Thanks China!


15 posted on 11/13/2021 3:51:19 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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Even more anecdotally, they saw how Fauci torturing puppies got people all worked up so they decide using animals will tug at more heartstrings and convince more fools to get the jabs - did the cats have their jabs up to date?


16 posted on 11/13/2021 4:06:13 AM PST by trebb (Fight like your life and future depends on it - because they do.)
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Just a thought...More likely than not...These cats would not have gotten Covid if they were in the wild. (I think zoos are cruel.) It's the confinement that lets it spread.

Remember when Cuomo was stunned to find that 65% of new cases were from people who had been quarantined in their homes.

After that....Fauci came up with a solution...open the windows...

17 posted on 11/13/2021 4:06:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Sac, the critters likely don’t have SARS-COV-2.


18 posted on 11/13/2021 4:08:28 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: neverevergiveup

They examined some 80,000 critters in China in the area where it first appeared....and NONE “0”, nadda had Covid. The logical conclusion is that it did not come from the wild.


19 posted on 11/13/2021 4:10:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: neverevergiveup

Every time I hear one of these stories, I think the exact same thing. Thanks, China!


20 posted on 11/13/2021 4:31:21 AM PST by dinodino ( )
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