Cats may be deported from India to China for measures against new coronavirus, animal protection groups oppose `` killed ''


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Concerns have been raised that cats may be subject to deportation in India, which borders China, while weak positive reactions to the new coronavirus have been detected in domestic dogs in Hong Kong . In response, the animal protection organization PETA India called for not deporting, saying that 'cats will be killed if sent back to China.'

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In February 2020, a living cat was found in a container unloaded at the port of Chennai, India's leading world city. The cat was improperly smuggled, and the authorities did not allow it to be brought into India, so the cat was to be kept in Chennai Port for the time being.

The cat was found on a ship that sailed from China, but since the ship passed through Singapore and Sri Lanka before arriving in India, it is unknown whether the cat was taken out of China. .

'The Chennai Quarantine Agency is considering returning this cat to China in response to growing concerns about the new coronavirus,' reported India's news media India Today. In the background of this decision, 'the source of infection of the new coronavirus is China of wild animals has been buying and selling Wuhan South China seafood wholesale market is', and is considered a person can and, infected with the 'new coronavirus in Hong Kong Dogs have detected a weakly positive reaction to the virus. '

Details such as how the reaction of the new coronavirus was detected from a domestic dog infected with the new coronavirus can be read from the following article.

A weak positive reaction of the new coronavirus is detected in dogs-gigazine



Regarding a positive reaction from dogs in the new coronavirus test, the US television station CNN said, `` It is possible that a dog test may give a positive response to virus tests, but this means that the dog was infected with the virus It does not do that . ' According to the American Veterinary Association, `` to date, several International Health Organizations do not believe that the new coronavirus is at risk of transmitting to pets and livestock, '' said the new coronavirus in dogs. Denied concern that he had been infected.

PETA India also said that the cat was found 20 days after the ship sailed, so it is suspicious that the cat survived 20 days in a container without water and no food. He pointed out that cats were most likely not from China. He added, 'The impact of the new coronavirus epidemic has led to a series of animal abuse in China, and cats are likely to be killed if deported.' We demanded an injunction for disposal.

PETA India also offers that cats are ready to be picked up and vaccinated and tested according to the appropriate procedures, and if this happens, the cats will be handed over to a lovingly raised foster parent. It is

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