AZA and AAZV Statement on COVID-19 Positive Tiger in New York
(WorldNews Canada)

Leading zoo organizations are collaborating globally following a positive test. Silver Spring, MD - The United States Department of Agriculture`s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced yesterday that the Bronx Zoo, a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), had reported a tiger has tested positive for COVID-19. AZA and the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) are in close communication regarding this discovery, and Dan Ashe, President and CEO of AZA, and Robert Hilsenroth, DVM, Executive Director of AAZV, issued the following statement: `Since COVID-19 first appeared last fall, the world...