After a tiger tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the US, A Venkateshwara Rao, a resident of Kallur Mandal in the Khammam district of Telangana, covered his goats' muzzles with masks in a bid to protect them from Covid-19.

"I own 20 goats and my family is entirely dependent on them as we don't own any land for farming. After I heard about coronavirus, I wear a mask whenever I step out," Rao said.

After Venkateshwara heard about a tiger testing positive for the deadly virus, he tied masks around his goats' muzzles as well.

"I have started tying masks around my goats' mouths after I heard Covid-19 infected a tiger in the US. Since I am wearing a mask myself, I even decided to make my goats wear masks while foraging in the forest area," Venkateshwara said.

Three days ago, a four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia tested positive for coronavirus at New York's Bronx Zoo. The tiger reportedly contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic, the zoo had said.

The number of positive coronavirus cases has crossed 5,000 in India with over 100 deaths.

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