COVID-19 effects on zoos and animal conservation

The "alligators" are mostly likely Siamese crocodiles, which are also farmed in great numbers in China.“鳄鱼”is the general name for any crocodilian species.

 

Yes, but haven't there been diseases of zoonotic origins that continued to affect humans and multiple animal species? Like Orthopox (Cowpox, Horsepox, Monkeypox)? Despite the smallpox vaccine in humans, varrinea is not an entirely effective animal vaccine. And the poxes are still widely contracted and spread by rodents.

 

That wasn't my concern. I thought zoonotic diseases could be transmitted both ways and thought a determination of zoonosis would mean animals could contract COVID-19 from humans. Since I thought that had been ruled out, this seemed like a huge development. Thanks, both of you. I know just enough to know very little.

 

But it can between species and humans, as with the poxes?

 

But isn't that precisely what happens with Orthopox? Not species to species, but multiple species back and forth to humans? (Agreeably over considerable time perhaps) Aren't almost all diseases zoonotic between primates and humans?

 

Ding Lingwei is right. In the East asian culture, usually call all alligator and crocodile to same name, without distinguishing.(Korean: 악어(ageo), Japanese: ワニ(wani))

It seems to me that the crocodile consumed for food in China is a hybrid of the Siamese crocodile and the Saltwater crocodile, which are also mass-breeding for leather production in Southeast Asia.

And the wattle-necked softshell turtle is also an endangered species. This species is rated EN class in IUCN and designated as II class in CITES.

 

If anyone wants to see this story visualized on film, the [SPOILER ALERT] end of Contagion shows it quite brilliantly.

 

Several sources have claimed these are ring-necked pheasant, so not endangered.

There are also claims of koalas being sold, but one of the sources earlier confirmed it is actually bamboo rat.

 

The fact that the animal that was eaten by the name koala in China was actually a bamboo rat, not a koala, can also be seen in this article that posted nine years ago.

This photo posted in a Chinese article in 2018.
The animal in the cage is clearly not a koala.
But you can see that it written '树熊,' which means koala.
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'树' means 'tree', and '熊' means 'bear'. So I think it is named because bamboo rat climb trees and look similar to bears.

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The picture shows a Marmot, not a Bamboo Rat

 

Yes, that's why I wrote that picture 'animal,' not a 'bamboo rat.' I could find a few more pictures besides that, but there was an animal that looked like a marmot.

 

Update from the Netherlands: every single EAZA zoo has been closed untill at least April 6th

 

I wouldn't worry too much. The government won't allow any harm to come to the zoo.

Actually in the UK people do farm deer. And apparently we import a lot of farmed venison from New Zealand (who knew!).

 

I was speaking of the US, but this is very interesting to know. Thank you.

 

San Antonio Zoo is closed.

I'm seeing a lot of the closed US facilities are trying to keep an active presence on social media. That's a good idea, keep the zoo in people's minds. I'm sure once the quarantine periods are over people are gonna be anxious to go out again. Zoos and other places will definitely need the support. If I qualify for unemployment I'd definitely like to make some trips. I actually planned on going to the SA Zoo last week for spring break but then the outbreak started and I figured I should hold off.