A Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo. Image: WCS/Julie Larsen

Tiger at Bronx Zoo Catches COVID-19

The cat was infected by a human. There’s no evidence cats will transmit coronavirus back to humans, but CDC urges caution with pets if you have COVID-19.

Robert Roy Britt
3 min readApr 5, 2020

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One or more tigers and other large cats at the Bronx Zoo in New York have contracted COVID-19 from a human caretaker who had the disease but who did…

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB