Hong Kong residents band together to rent private jets and transport their pets (Credit: Pixabay)
The territory of Hong Kong is suffering from the effects of the omnipresent variant, which has hit the place hard in recent weeks and has caused the government to take strict measures. About 3,000 people were forced into isolation in a makeshift “quarantine camp”. In addition, residents, unhappy with the government’s stance, are leaving the autonomous territory.
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As a result, many people in Hong Kong are chartering private jets to take their pets on trips. This is because local government restrictions due to the pandemic led to reduced cargo space on commercial flights, flight cancellations and increased fees. So residents get together to rent private jets, worth about $200,000 to fly their pets. The information is from the “Financial Times”.
According to Hong Kong-based company Pet Holidays, 18 private jets were leased in 2021 to transport animals. The main destinations were: United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan and Singapore. In 2020, the company did not charter any such flights. This year, at least 20 such flights should take place.
Hamster slaughter in Hong Kong due to Covid-19
Even without scientific evidence that hamsters can pose a problem in the coronavirus pandemic, being able to infect humans, the Hong Kong government ordered the mass slaughter of this species of animals in the territory.
On Tuesday (18), the government called for 2,000 hamsters from various pet stores and storage facilities to be culled, after discovering an outbreak of coronavirus among animals at a store in the city, where 11 hamsters tested positive for Covid-19. 19. Hong Kong Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Tuesday she could not rule out any possibility of transmission and so the government would have to take the drastic step.
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