The Sedgwick County Zoo is making changes after a Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for COVID-19. That tiger is believed to have contracted the disease from an asymptomatic keeper.
The zoo says this is the first time there is evidence of COVID-19 being transmitted from humans to animals.
Out of an abundance of caution, SCZ says it had already implemented additional protective measures for keepers in great ape areas, due to their close relation to humans. The zoo says there are no indications of a great ape contracting the disease at all.
In light of the COVID-19 case at the Bronx Zoo, the Sedgwick County Zoo is implementing the same precautionary measures in areas with big cats as well.
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