Elephants undergo COVID-19 test after nine lions test positive in a zoo in Tamil Nadu

When asked if the captive elephants showed any symptoms, the official told Zee Media that there were no symptoms so far and that this was a precautionary test. 

New Delhi: Captive elephants including semi-wild ones at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in Mudumalai Tiger reserve have undergone precautionary tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday (June 8, 2021), as per instructions from the Tamil Nadu Forest Minister.  Testing of the captive, semi-wild elephants comes few days after nine of 11 lions at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) near Chennai tested positive for coronavirus.  A lioness among the pack of 11 captive lions had also succumbed to the virus at the zoo in Vandalur near Chennai.