By Paw Prints Heidi Bassler, veterinarian

​The pet parents’ concern about COVID-19 and how it might affect their pets has heightened in the past few weeks. Recently, we have heard multiple news stories of animals contracting this virus.

​First, there were dogs in Hong Kong and a cat in Belgium. Then the infamous story of the tiger and other large cats at the Bronx Zoo. A mink farm in the Netherlands came next. Now more stories of companion animals — cats, dogs, hamsters, and ferrets — in the United States and elsewhere contracting the new coronavirus.

​What does this all mean for your pets? Let’s do a quick Q&A with some fact-based information.

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