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RSPCA warns dogs face abuse as study claims they may have spread coronavirus to humans

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Animal charities have warned that dogs could be abused or abandoned by people who blame them for spreading coronavirus. On Tuesday, scientists in Canada claimed that stray dogs may have transmitted coronavirus to humans in China.

The study, from a team at the University of Ottawa, argued the animals could have eaten infected bat meat before spreading Covid-19 to humans.

Experts believe the disease started at a so-called wet market in Wuhan, southern China, but they have been searching for the "intermediate host".

This is the creature which is believed to have transmitted coronavirus from bats to humans. Now the RSPCA has warned that the study could trigger a wave of animal abuse as dogs face being abandoned or even killed.

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