WHAT RISKS DOES COVID-19 POSE TO PETS OR THEIR CARETAKERS?
In response to recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 in animals, including a Bronx Zoo tiger and pet dogs and cats, Doug Kratt, a 1998 DVM graduate of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine and president-elect of the American Veterinary Medical Association, said pet owners should keep calm and not overreact. "All of those animals were being cared for by people that actively had COVID-19" and were "in an environment where they were more at risk," Kratt told People. The number of confirmed cases in animals is low and there is currently no evidence that animals can spread COVID-19 to people. "What I'm concerned about is that people are going to think that their pets are going to play a major role in this virus. At this point, there's nothing to prove that that's going to be the case," he added.
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