It was alleged that a hamster sample from Little Boss, a pet shop in Causeway Bay, tested positive for the new coronavirus. The government on Tuesday (18th) "strongly recommended" citizens to hand over hamsters purchased on or after December 22nd last year for humane destruction. Yesterday (20th) Concerned about the safety of the hamsters, some volunteers went to the New Territories South Animal Management Centre of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to collect hamsters from the public.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department once condemned the relevant behavior in the early morning of today (21st) and said it would call the police for handling.
At about 9 o'clock this morning, there were police officers on guard outside the animal management center responsible for receiving hamsters.
However, there were still volunteers at the scene who lobbied the public to hand over the hamsters to the volunteers to prevent the hamsters from being humanely destroyed by the authorities.
One of the volunteers said that one of them was asked to register an ID card by the police, but the police at the scene did not take any further action.
This morning, less than 10 members of the public went to the animal management center to hand over the hamster to the AFCD.
Volunteers outside the center continued to appeal to the citizens who were planning to "hand in the rat", hoping that they would hand over the hamster to the volunteers to take care of it, but no one was willing to hand it in.
One of the owners who came to the scene to "cross the rat" said, "It's okay, it's dangerous." One of the men explained to the volunteers, "My company knows that, but they won't let me go back to work, and they keep doing testing, it's so troublesome, I I have no choice but to carry it first, because it is not very good for you.”
Volunteers have lobbied to the owner, but they were still unsuccessful, but they did not prevent the owner from coming to the scene to "cross the rat".
The reporter saw at the scene this morning that there were about four police officers watching the situation from a distance outside the animal management center.
Volunteers continue to lobby to save hamsters
One of the volunteers who lobbied for "Save the Rat" said that yesterday, there were indeed more people present, and they were willing to hand over the hamster to them, but today it was unsuccessful. No other lives will be sacrificed. Suddenly it was announced that hamsters had discovered a new virus. If the government came out early in the morning to explain the danger of hamsters, it might be better. People know how to deal with it. 𠵱The family got it."
▼On January 20, about 10 volunteers persuaded citizens to hand over hamsters to the government▼
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▼On January 19, AFCD went to Little Boss Mong Kok branch to humanely destroy small animals▼
Killing hamsters | Animal organizations jointly urge the government to withdraw the culling order and urge the retention of animals with negative test results There are multiple transmission chains in Kowloon West. Rat Killing Orders | AFCD Humanely Handles 655 hamsters in pet shops and has received 68 hamster killing orders from the public |