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   Covid Daily Briefing   
   Three ‘beloved’ snow leopards died of Covid complications at   
   Nebraska zoo.   
      
   A snow leopard at a zoo in San Diego, Calif.Credit...San Diego   
   Zoo Wildlife Alliance, via Associated Press   
      
   By Víctor Manuel Ramos   
   Nov. 13, 2021   
   Three snow leopards died of complications related to Covid-19 at   
   a zoo in Lincoln, Neb., despite efforts by staff to restore them   
   to health after they tested positive for the virus about a month   
   ago, zoo announcements said.   
      
   The Lincoln Children’s Zoo lamented the deaths of Ranney,   
   Everest and Makalu in a Facebook post on its official page   
   Friday evening, saying the mountain cats “were beloved by our   
   entire community inside and outside of the zoo.”   
      
   “This loss is truly heartbreaking, and we are all grieving   
   together,” the statement said.   
      
   The snow leopards were not the only animals to have contracted   
   the virus at the facility. The Lincoln Children’s Zoo had   
   published a statement on Oct. 13 disclosing that the snow   
   leopards and Sumatran tigers had “tested positive for the virus   
   that causes Covid-19.”   
      
   The zoo had collected nasal swab and fecal samples after animal   
   keepers had “observed symptoms consistent with the virus in   
   felids,” which can include respiratory illness. The zoo said it   
   had been treating the snow leopards and tigers “with steroids   
   and antibiotics to prevent secondary infection,” but its   
   statement did not say whether its animals had been vaccinated.   
      
   This summer, zoo animals started receiving an experimental Covid   
   vaccine made by Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical company in   
   New Jersey.   
      
   The Lincoln zoo’s tigers appeared to be pulling through,   
   according to the latest statement. “Sumatran tigers, Axl and   
   Kumar, have made a seemingly full recovery from the illness,”   
   the zoo said.   
      
   Cases of coronavirus infections among zoo animals have surfaced   
   throughout the U.S., including the first two spotted hyenas in   
   the world found to have the virus, among other animals infected   
   at the Denver Zoo. Other recently reported cases have included   
   tigers in Omaha, Neb.; African lions, snow leopards, jaguars and   
   a tiger in St. Louis and lions in Honolulu.   
      
   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that   
   the risk of animals spreading Covid-19 to people is considered   
   low, but people can also spread the virus to them, and cases   
   among pets and animals in zoos have been documented around the   
   world.   
      
   The Lincoln Children’s Zoo, conceived as a family destination   
   where children could come close to animals, houses over 400   
   animals, including more than 40 endangered species, according to   
   its website. Zoo officials could not be immediately reached on   
   Saturday, but the organization’s statement said it has been   
   following guidelines from the C.D.C. and the American   
   Association of Zoo Veterinarians to protect its animals, the   
   staff and the community.   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/snow-leopards-covid-   
   nebraska-zoo.html   
       
      
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