Big cats, bears, ferrets get COVID-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo

[SheltieLover]

https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/okland-zoo-animal-covid-vaccine/507-8b16641f-3e0c-4050-a8af-e12a25fadab7

The zoo says none of the animals have gotten COVID, they just want to be proactive.

Author: Associated Press
Published: 4:43 PM CDT July 3, 2021
Updated: 4:43 PM CDT July 3, 2021

OAKLAND, Calif — A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.

Tigers Ginger and Molly were the first two animals at the Oakland Zoo to get the vaccine this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The doses were donated and developed by veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis in New Jersey.

More at link.

[Grokenstein]

1. Oh no, now they'll have the microchips!!

Tracking them!! In the zoo!!
SHAKE UP, WEEPLE!!!2!

[SheltieLover]

2. LOL Yup!

And keys & spoons will stick to them.

[zuul]

5. How will they ever get in and out of their enclosures?

The mini magnets will make the poor animals stick to the gates!!!

[hlthe2b]

3. Several zoos are doing this using specific veterinary vaccines created by Zoetis

Yet, (not unexpectedly) some have gotten hate-filled messages and threats from those who failed to inform themselves that NO, HUMAN vaccine doses are NOT being diverted to zoo animals.

Only one more example of how hard it is to get many people to inform themselves before making up their minds about something.

Good on this and other zoos for being proactive. Some of those animals are nearly irreplaceable and those endangered are a treasure to mankind.

[SheltieLover]

4. They are all treasures, imo, tbh.

Why would someone care? We have more vaxes than takers & Joe has made provisions to share internationally.

Idiots. Of course they are zoonotic.

Ty for sharing!

I love that they are being proactive to protect our planetary neighbors!

[Ocelot II]

7. And those are probably complaints from the same morons

who refuse to take the vaccines themselves because they are a communist plot. Or something.

[SheltieLover]

8. No doubt!

Can you imagine the cognitive dissonance in their minds?

[Ocelot II]

6. This could be a problem for the zookeepers.

What do you do when your car keys are stuck to a tiger?

[SheltieLover]

9. Hahahaha!

Good one, Ocelot!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. offer to give them a steak in exchange

for the jangly things stuck to thier forehead they cannot catch?
seriously glad they are protecting the animals.

Tigers are big furry Gods
They're sacred.

[catrose]

11. Good news!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. I have fond memories of the Oakland Zoo as a kid, my daddy taking me on weekend visits

He called it Knowland Park at the time. Not sure the technical name these days.

My cousin and her hubby and kiddo live just up the hill from there.

Might have to get back one of these days.