The Hong Kong government announced the "Rat Killing Order" on Tuesday (18th), in addition to the humane destruction of about 1,000 animals in the Little Boss branch and warehouse of the pet store, about 1,000 hamsters can be sold in the hamster pet store in Hong Kong, and the same must be humanely destroyed.
AFCD officers launched an operation today (19th), and reporters directly seized more than a dozen hamsters from a pet shop in North Point.
The owner of the pet store said that the department's staff "injected two shots" on the hamsters one by one. After confirming that the hamsters were dead, they took them away one by one, and then put a red plastic bag and left.
Several AFCD officers wearing protective clothing went to a pet shop in North Point to humanely destroy more than a dozen hamsters and sampled them one by one.
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Kill the hamster first and then take a sample for testing
A number of AFCD officers arrived at the scene this afternoon wearing protective clothing, pulled down the store's gate and launched the operation, which took nearly two hours.
The owner, Mr. Yang, said that there were more than ten hamsters in the store, and the staff gave them two injections to destroy them one by one. After confirming that they were dead, they put a cotton swab into the throat to take a sample. into the red plastic bag and leave.
As for the chinchillas in the store, they do not need to be taken away, but the AFCD staff will take samples from their throats, feces and cages one by one.
Mr. Yang also said that he was informed by the staff that the store would not sell animals for the time being, but dry goods could still be sold.
The last time of the hamsters in the store before the personnel of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department arrived at the scene of humane destruction.
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"It's like feeding them their last meal"
Mr. Yang said that when he returned to the store this morning, the staff were still feeding the hamsters as usual. He admitted that he was very sorry, "It was like feeding them their last meal."
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department pointed out yesterday that it believed that the two batches of hamsters imported on December 22 last year and January 7 this year were at higher risk.
However, Mr. Yang said that more than a dozen hamsters in his store were purchased as early as early to mid-December, and some of them were not imported, but were bred by themselves.
Regarding the current government's decision to "one size fits all", that is, all hamsters in Hong Kong's pet shops are to be destroyed humanely, he thinks it is not ideal, "It doesn't mean that all hamsters in Hong Kong come from the same wholesale... You can do (humane destruction) easily, and it is clean and reasonable. , but it shouldn't be humanely."
He also said that it has not yet been confirmed whether hamsters are transmitted from human to human.
The owner, Mr. Yang, said that this morning they fed the hamsters like their last meal.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
Hong Kong is suspected of having the world's first hamster infection with the new coronavirus. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced yesterday that about 1,000 hamsters can be sold in hamster pet stores in Hong Kong, and about 1,000 animals in Little Boss warehouses and branches must be tested and humanely destroyed.
The department also appealed to those who purchased hamsters from pet stores in Hong Kong on or after December 22 last year to hand over the hamsters to the AFCD for humane treatment.
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