Hong Kong to lift year-long ban on hamster imports
A spokesperson for the AFCD said it planned to lift the import ban in mid-January.
"If such imports are to resume the hamsters need to be handled with consideration [and] given the best care possible during transport and quarantine," a spokesperson from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Hong Kong said.Hong Kong banned the import of hamsters last year after an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19It prompted officials to test hundreds of animals in the shop for coronavirus.
The virus that causes Covid, Sars-Cov-2, can be caught by animals including dogs, cats and hamsters, which are all commonly kept as pets. But there is no clear evidence that pets can easily pass the infection to humans.
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