The government issued a "rat killing order" yesterday. All animals in the Little Boss pet shop in Causeway Bay and the warehouse in Tai Po need to be humanely destroyed. The AFCD replied to "Hong Kong 01" that 159 rabbits have been "humanely treated" in the two places. , 930 hamsters and 38 chinchillas, 2 golden hamsters, 81 guinea pigs and 3 white mice, in other words, a total of 1,213 small animals have lost their lives.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department also appealed to the public to return hamsters purchased from pet stores in Hong Kong after December 22. They will be destroyed humanely after they are abandoned.
The department said that as of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday (19th), more than 60 hamsters handed over by citizens had been received.
▼1.18 AFCD personnel destroy animals at Little Boss in Causeway Bay▼
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The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department collected 125 animal samples from the Little Boss pet shop in Causeway Bay, where a shop assistant was diagnosed with the disease, and 11 hamster samples were initially positive. The department stated that the testing of 511 samples taken from the warehouse in Tai Po on the same day was still in progress. .
Animals in both locations were humanely destroyed on the spot. Among them, the Little Boss pet shop in Causeway Bay contained 97 animals, including 21 rabbits, 69 hamsters and 7 chinchillas; the Tai Po warehouse contained 1,116 animals, including 138 Rabbits, 861 hamsters, 2 golden hamsters, 31 chinchillas, 81 guinea pigs and 3 white mice.
In other words, the AFCD has killed 1,213 small animals in the past day.
The department also expects that the hamsters in the 35 pet shops in Hong Kong that can sell hamsters will be treated "humanely" within this week.
According to the AFCD, according to records, the hamsters sold by pet shops in Hong Kong are mainly imported from the Netherlands.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said it is evaluating the impact of the measures on pet shops selling hamsters and studying how to provide assistance.
▼On January 19, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department went to Mong Kok for the Little Boss culling test▼
Citizens hand over more than 60 hamsters to destroy all humanely
Earlier, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department also appealed to the public that hamsters purchased after December 22 can be handed over to the New Territories South Animal Management Center.
According to the AFCD, as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, more than 60 hamsters had been abandoned, and the AFCD hotline had also received more than 200 telephone enquiries. For the time being, all hamsters have not been tested for the virus and have not been humanely destroyed.
The department stated that hamsters may not become ill immediately after being infected with the 2019-nCoV virus, and a negative test at present does not necessarily mean that they are not infected.
In order to reduce the risk of virus spread and transmission to humans or other animals, after consulting experts in epidemic prevention, it is believed that humanely treating hamsters in all pet shops that sell hamsters is a safe and effective way to control the epidemic.
▼1.18 Causeway Bay Little Boss had hamsters and environmental samples were positive▼
The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture pointed out in response to Hong Kong 01's enquiry that it was aware of the news in Hong Kong and was contacting the authorities for more information.
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