There's an interesting manuscript (caveat emptor) I found related to this[1] that states: "2019-nCoV RBD likely recognizes ACE2 from pigs, ferrets, cats, orang

There's an interesting manuscript (caveat emptor) I found related to this[1] that states: "2019-nCoV RBD likely recognizes ACE2 from pigs, ferrets, cats, orangutans, monkeys and humans with similar efficiency, because these ACE2 molecules are identical or similar in the critical virus-binding residues." Not being a biologist or virologist, I don't know how true this is, but it may suggest this incident with the cat did in fact happen. [1] https://jvi.asm.org/content/jvi/early/2020/01/23/JVI.00127-20.full.pdf https://jvi.asm.org/content/jvi/early/2020/01/23/JVI.00127-2...