{"id":189733,"date":"2021-03-04T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189733"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:18:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:18:48","slug":"orangutan-named-karen-gets-covid-19-inoculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orangutan-named-karen-gets-covid-19-inoculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan Named Karen Gets COVID-19 Inoculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Forangutan-named-karen-gets-covid-19-inoculation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orang-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Zookeepers at the San Diego Zoo have given several orangutans and bonobos an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that has been developed just for animals.<\/p>\n<p>The primates are the first non-humans to get the shot.<\/p>\n<p>One orangutan named Karen, who in 1994 made history when she became the first ape to have open-heart surgery, was among those to get the vaccine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/great-apes-san-diego-zoo-receive-covid-19-vaccine\/\">according<\/a> to National Geographic.<\/p>\n<p>Three other orangutans and five bonobos received two doses each of an experimental vaccine for animals that has been developed by a veterinary pharmaceutical company, said Nadine Lamberski, chief conservation and wildlife health officer at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Zookeepers scrambled to find vaccines for animals after eight gorillas at the zoo\u2019s Safari Park\u00a0tested positive for COVID-19 in what scientists believed was the first time the virus had infected great apes.<\/p>\n<p>Lamberski, a global conservation and wildlife health officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gorilla-troop-san-diego-zoo-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-2021-3\">told<\/a> Business Insider\u00a0that \u201calarm bells\u201d sounded when a 49-year-old silverback gorilla started coughing shortly after a zookeeper tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as we knew that an employee was positive, we were on high alert, so just that one or two coughs really sent the alarm bells off, and we immediately started to get the permissions necessary to submit samples for diagnostic testing,\u201d Lamberski told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The infected apes eventually recovered, but zookeepers then sought vaccines. Veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis developed the vaccines, which are not suitable for human use, according to National Geographic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t the norm. In my career, I haven\u2019t had access to an experimental vaccine this early in the process and haven\u2019t had such an overwhelming desire to want to use one,\u201d Lamberski said.<\/p>\n<p>Infections have also been confirmed in dogs, cats, mink, tigers, lions and several other animals around the world, the magazine said. But as there are fewer than 5,000 gorillas, wildlife experts were worried that the virus would spread rapidly and endanger the population.<\/p>\n<p>All species of gorillas are listed as endangered or critically-endangered with \u201csusceptibility to disease\u201d as a main threat, said the mag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like we randomly grab a vaccine and give it to a novel species,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of thought and research goes into it\u2014what\u2019s the risk of doing it and what\u2019s the risk of not doing it. Our motto is, above all, to do no harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLamberski decided vaccinating the great apes was worth the risk. She told National Geographic that they haven\u2019t suffered any adverse reactions and will soon be tested for antibodies to determine if the shots were a success,\u201d reported the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Lamberski said \u201cthat big sigh of relief isn\u2019t going to come until our entire community is vaccinated, until the vaccine gets to, you know, remote communities all over the world, to areas where gorillas live in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than a year ago, Zoetis began developing a COVID-19 vaccine for dogs and cats. The vaccine was deemed safe and effective in October.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zookeepers at the San Diego Zoo have given several orangutans and bonobos an experimental COVID-19 vaccine that has been developed just for animals. 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