9 Great Apes At San Diego Zoo Become First Non-Humans To Receive A COVID Vaccine

SAN DIEGO (CBS Los Angeles) – Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo have received a COVID-19 vaccine, it was reported Thursday.
The four orangutans and five bonobos received an experimental vaccine developed by drug maker Zoetis, per CBS News.
The zoo chose to give the great apes the vaccine after several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park contracted COVID-19 in early January.
“That made us realize that our other apes were at risk,” Nadine Lamberski, chief conservation an