largest opposition party also waded into the controversy saying the indiscriminate killing policy will only cause public resentment if cats dogs or other animals get infected in the future will they also be targeted for humane dispatch wrote felix chow the animal rights spokesperson for the democratic party on the groups official facebook page an unpopular decision but the governments decision has some supporters top microbiologist and government advisor yuen kwokyung had praised the measure tuesday as decisive and prudent on wednesday he told local radio that his defence of the policy had earned him some emails telling me to go to hell yuen said the agriculture fisheries and conservation department did not have enough staff to quarantine hamsters and test them daily so they had no choice but to make such an unpopular decision when questioned about hong kongs hamster cull the world health organization said some animal species can be infected with the coronavirus and animals can reinfect humans that risk remains low but it is something that we are constantly looking at said the whos maria van kerkhove