Last Updated on April 22, 2023 by Mitch Rezman

Added April 2023

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Are Passing Between Pets and Their Owners, Researchers Find

Bird flu risk for pets remains ‘very low,’ even after dog death in Ont.: experts

Pet dog infected with avian flu but risk to public is low, federal government says

Pet Owner Safety Notice: Backyard Poultry

Florida Researchers Report First Known Bird Flu Case in a U.S. Dolphin

The entire medical scientific brain trust of planet Earth is collectively working on coronavirus at some level.

Why You Need To Know About Zoonotic Avian Infections

Billions are being invested in scientific investigation and equipment manufacturing, globally.

In spite of this massive assembly of great problem solvers as well as funding going into the research as citizens of planet earth, we are having a difficult time slowing, let alone stopping the outbreak ~ globally.

The next time a medical or veterinary professional writes a “quality” article about coronavirus and pets, ask yourself, “how can anyone make claims about what this virus can or cannot do if we know so little about it”?

From the CDC ~ 8 Zoonotic Diseases Shared Between Animals and People of Most Concern in the U.S.

We will update this list of personally (by MitchR) vetted information resources until it’s no longer relevant.

The type and frequency of animals coming down with COVID is trying to tell us something about the future of the pandemic. Scientists are on the case

Can Dogs Get COVID? What to Know About the Coronavirus and Pets

Into the wild: Animals the latest frontier in COVID fight

Added 03/02/2021

1st possible case of deer-to-human COVID-19 transmission reported

Added 02/14/2021

How serious is the presence of the Covid virus in deer for humans?

Added 02/06/2021

Discovery of Omicron in New York deer raises concern over possible new variants

Added 11/14/2021

Researchers believe deer are catching coronavirus from humans

102 cat, 92 dog COVID-19 virus outbreaks globally

Added 10/9/2021
Lions and tigers all had COVID-19 at the National Zoo

COVID-Detecting Dogs Pilot First Airport Program

Added 9/25/2021

All The Lions And Tigers At DC’s National Zoo Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

Added 8/27/2021
New study finds animals known to be infected with coronaviruses sold at Wuhan wet market for years

Added 8/1/2021
People with COVID-19 Often Give It to Their Pets, Scientists Find

7/24/2021
Snow leopard at San Diego zoo catches coronavirus

7/12/2021
Are animals spreading COVID to humans?

6/14/2021
U.S. CDC to suspend import of dogs from more than 100 countries over rabies concerns

5/20/2021
Pawsome boarding facilities for pets in Covid-19

4/23/2021
The first isolated Coronavirus was isolated by a veterinarian in bird in 1937

4/7/2121
Oakland Zoo to start vaccinating their most at-risk animals for COVID-19 this summer

3/30/2021
Coronavirus likely spread to people from an animal — but needs more study, new WHO report says

3/15/2021
Nearly 100 Dogs and Cats Have Had COVID-19 in US

1/21/2021
Do Birds Get Coronavirus? I Had It About a Month Ago (by Windy City Parrot)

1/4/2021
Pets helped us cope during coronavirus pandemic, say UAE residents

12/19/2020
Pandemic can’t stop volunteers who care for San Francisco’s wild parrots

11/23/2020
Endangered primates face high risk of catching COVID-19

11/21/2020
REVIEW – Animals Infected With SARS-COV-2 Strain That Causes COVID May Pose Greater Risk To Humans

11/16/2020
Are Dogs Spreading SARS-CoV-2? Study Finds Living With a Dog Increases Risk of Contracting COVID-19

11/5/2020
Denmark plans to cull up to 17 million mink to stop mutated coronavirus

10/14/2020
Covid-19 makes it harder to save dogs and cats across borders, but rescue organizations are finding a way

10/7/2020
CORONAVIRUS AND PETS: FAQS FOR OWNERS (College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois Urbana)

10/5/2020
26 animals ‘regularly in contact with people may be susceptible to coronavirus’, study suggests

6/18/2020 (added here 9/22/2020)
Coronavirus: What will happen to pets after lockdown?

Updated 9/13/20
Scottish SPCA reveal their most bizarre rescues during coronavirus lockdown

Updated 9/8/20 ~ Discover: The A-B-G-Ds of coronaviruses in people and in pets

Updated 8/27/20 ~ 26-year-old Congo grey parrot, stressed by the pandemic, close to a new home

Updated 8/27/20 ~ Animals most at risk for coronavirus include reindeer and dolphins, according to study

Updated 8/04/20 ~ Can cats catch Covid?

Updated 8/04/20 ~ Buddy the German Shepherd and COVID-19 by Dr. Jean Dodds

Updated 8/02/20 ~ Ancestors of coronavirus have been hiding out in bats for decades, ready to infect humans

Updated 7/30/20 ~ Exclusive: Buddy, first dog to test positive for COVID-19 in the U.S., has died

Updated 7/26/20 ~ The pandemic’s unlikely pet: Chickens

Updated 7/14/20 ~ Squirrel tests positive for the bubonic plague in Colorado

Updated 7/11/20 ~ Dog is first animal in Texas diagnosed with COVID-19

Updated 6/30/20 ~ FDA Guidelines for Protecting Pets from COVID-19

Updated 6/29/20 ~ Swine flu strain with human pandemic potential increasingly found in Chinese pigs

Updated 6/25/20 ~ Mumbai: ‘Set Up Isolation Centres For COVID Patients’ Pets,’ Say NGOs

Updated 6/18/20 ~ Is the Corona Virus Making Your Bird Hormonal? ~ by Windy City Parrot

Updated 6/4/20 (posted 6/18 here) ~ Mass Mink Cull Ordered on Dutch Farms to Stem Coronavirus Spread

Updated 6/18/20 ~ Animal Laws and Restrictions Hidden in New COVID Stimulus Plan

Updated 6/5/20 ~ Coronavirus: what the lockdown could mean for urban wildlife

Updated 6/5/20 ~ Why you may need to encourage social distancing around your bird feeder

Updated 6/4/20 ~ Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network ‘TRAFFIC’ Indicates Wild Animals in ‘Additional Threat’ as Poaching Doubles During COVID-19 Lockdown

Updated 6/3/20 ~ Sanctuaries Petition Factory Farms to Surrender Animals From “Depopulation” Amidst Coronavirus

Updated 6/2/20 ~ Scientists Warn Bird Feeders to be Cautious of New Pneumonia-like Virus Discovered in European Birds

Updated 5/31/20 ~ Wildlife markets are the tip of the iceberg and not just in China

Updated 5/21/20 ~ SARS-CoV-2: Why cats and not dogs?

Updated 5/20/20 ~ Pigs Exempted: Study Uncovers 48 Animal Species Most Likely to Get Coronavirus

Updated 4/27/20 ~ SARS-COV-2: COMPANION CATS IN NEW YORK.

Updated 4/13/20 ~

“This is a disease nobody knows about. Nobody has spent their lives studying this.

There weren’t labs dedicated just to this disease.

4/18/2021
Otters at Georgia Aquarium test positive for Covid-19

4/22/20 Two Cats Are First U.S. Pets to Test Positive for Coronavirus

From: The Real Reason Veterinarians Gave a Tiger a Covid-19 Test Read more

Wild animals are reclaiming cities and streets during coronavirus lockdown

COVID-19: FAQs for Pet Owners

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