Pangolin is the highly trafficked mammal in China, which has been hunted for years and is now stigmatized for unproven Covid-19 connections. However, China has just removed pangolin scales from the list of approved Chinese Medicines in order to protect the endangered animals from the wildlife trade.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, leading to series of questions on the capabilities of transmission in animals, AOL reported.