“塞浦路斯30万只猫死亡”是谣言！不会传染给人＋没有确切猫咪死亡数字

最近有uu私信我问塞浦路斯岛上猫咪死亡（谣传说会传染给人）的事情，我就去查了一下

谣言来源于Dinos Ayiomamitis【根据概率估算】，说是岛上会死30万只猫。

但是岛上并没有确切的猫总数统计，并且这只是初步估算，并没有数据支持。

一些外国无良媒体直接一键转发，添油加醋，以讹传讹，直接《死了30w猫》

下面是澄清文字：是dramatic estimate，并不是确切数字

Last week, Dinos Ayiomamitis, the head of the Cat Protection and Welfare Society (PAWS) Cyprus, made the dramatic claim that an estimated 300,000 cats had died from FIP since January, although he later clarified that this was a rough calculation based on an estimated 20-30% mortality among the island’s approximately 1 million cats.

且经过专家研究病例，这种疾病和普通猫传腹相似，对人没有威胁，且与新冠无关

The outbreak in Cyprus involves a feline coronavirus – not linked to Covid-19 – that also circulates in cats in the UK, but which does not infect people. The virus normally causes only a mild stomach upset, but can lead to feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), where white blood cells become infected, spreading the virus through the cat’s body and triggering an often fatal inflammatory reaction in the abdomen, kidneys and brain.

得病猫咪的主人，没有一个因此感染生病的

None of the cats’ owners appear to have been infected. As of 12 July, none of the 70 people who had been in contact with cats that tested positive for the virus had reported symptoms.

所以现在知道的信息就是

【1】没有死这么多猫

【2】不会传染人，养猫家庭不用害怕，更不用因此去滥杀

【3】不是新冠（covid19）

【4】为了猫咪安全，防止猫咪间可能会有的传播，不要散养猫咪