Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, April 7th,

2020 and we begin with Nautia the Tiger getting some extra TLC at the Bronx Zoo.

The Wildlife Conservation Society reported yesterday that the four-year-old

Malayan Tiger is the first animal in the U.S. to test positive for COVID-19.

Zookeepers tested Nadadia after she, along with her sister,

two other tigers and three lions all developed a dry cough and seemed to lose their

appetite. It's believed that a zookeeper may have unknowingly passed along the virus.

But there's good news. All seven of the big cats are expected to make a full recovery.

The facility itself remains closed, but that doesn't mean you can't virtually visit its tigers, sea lions, and blue penguin chicks.

We've put the link on our resource page at kid news.org.

There's big political drama in the Badger State.

Today is Election Day in Wisconsin and unlike the 15 other states that have recently postponed

presidential primaries due to the coronavirus, today's contest is as of this

recording still on. The governor worked feverishly to get it moved to June, but the

legislature wanted it to stay put. That's when the state Supreme Court got

involved and last night ordered it to proceed as scheduled.

Why the fuss?

Partisan wrangling over how what is expected to be a very low turnout will impact results,

not so much for the presidential race, but for other issues on the ballot.

New details emerging from NASA are leaving Armchair Space Buff Starry-Eyed.

The Space Agency is now revealing details of its Artemis program, which aims

to put humans back on the moon by 2024. The first step is to launch equipment to build a lunar colony.

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