Why in news?
• The spectre of COVID-19 has made its appearance in one of India’s most storied tiger reserves.
• The death of a 10-year-old ailing male tiger, in the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) — the country’s most munificent reserve that succumbed to a ‘respiratory illness’ last Saturday would have been a routine affair.
Key highlights:
• But a report of a confirmed COVID-19 infection in a tiger at the Bronx Zoo, in New York, United States and advisories by divisions of the Environment Ministry that deal with the protection of the cats in zoos, as well as in Tiger Reserves has officials in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
• The organisation that manages the protection of India’s 3,000-odd tigers puzzling on whether the tiger should be tested for the novel coronavirus disease.
• Swabs from the throat and nose to test for rhinotracheitis, a viral infection that afflicts cats and causes respiratory illness were collected, an official at the NTCA, Delhi said.
• However, it was unlikely to be enough to test for COVID and given the remoteness of the forests and lockdown in effect, would likely degrade and be unsuitable for testing.
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