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COVID-19: Tiger At Bronx Zoo Tests Positive, Becoming First US Case In An Animal COVID-19: Tiger At Bronx Zoo Tests Positive, Becoming First US Case In An Animal
Covid-19: Tiger At Bronx Zoo Tests Positive, Becoming First US Case In An Animal The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is now proving to be a foe of man and beast alike. A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has just tested COVID-19 positive, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced Sunday, April 5. It's believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere,  The positive case for Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger, was confirmed by USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, based in Ames, Iowa, the society said. Nadia, her sister, Azul, and two Amur tigers, who all live in the zoo’s Tiger Mountain exhibit, and three African l…

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Yonkers Native Joan Marie (Cronin) Hastings, Devoted Community Volunteer, Dies At 88 Yonkers Native Joan Marie (Cronin) Hastings, Devoted Community Volunteer, Dies At 88
Yonkers Native Joan Marie (Cronin) Hastings, Devoted Community Volunteer, Dies At 88 After a long life defined by commitment and adventure, Joan Hastings passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2019 in Scottsdale, AZ, at the age of 88. Hastings is predeceased by two husbands, William Hastings (1923-1994) whom she married on October 24, 1953 in Yonkers, and Earl Terp (1927-2016) whom she married February 10, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. She is survived by one sister, Diane of Falmouth, ME. Hastings had five children, Bill Jr. (Debbie) of Falmouth, ME, Paul (Todd) of Palm Springs, CA, Mark of Mesa, AZ, Julie (Bruce) of Scottsdale, AZ and Geoff of Des Moines, IA and nine grandchildren …

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