Earlier this month, the Philadelphia Zoo announced that some of its animals would soon receive an experimental COVID-19 vaccine for some of its “high-risk” animals. Several other zoos have already begun to vaccinate their animals, with no sign of any major issues. To understand how a zoo comes to decide which animals are high-risk and how to balance the concerns about a new vaccine with the risk of COVID, Slate spoke with Dr. Keith Hinshaw, the director of animal health at the Philadelphia Zoo. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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This Week in History: April 17-23, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
April 17
1704 – John Campbell publishes in Boston the first successful U.S. newspaper.
1865 – Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in President Lincoln’s assassination. She owns the boarding house where her son John Surratt, along with John Wilkes Booth and others, conspire to kill the president. She is hanged on July 7th with three others convicted of the conspiracy. Mary, aged 42, is the first woman executed by order of the U.S. government.
1924 – Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Company merge to form MGM.
Today in 1861,the Maryland House of Delegates voted against seceding from Union.
Today in 1945, Adolph Hitler married his mistress Eva Braun. The next day, they committed suicide together in a German bunker.
Today in1957,the SM-1, America’s first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Today in 1980, legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock died at the age of 80. He was named “The Master of Suspense” and best known for his films: “Psycho” (1960), “Vertigo” (1958), “Rear Window” (1954), and “North by Northwest” (1959).
Today in 1983,Harold Washington was sworn in as Chicago s first black mayor.
Today in 1988, McDonald s announced it would open its first restaurants in Moscow. A number of locations, including the Pushkin Square flagship, were shuttered in 2014when officials accused the company of “sanitary violations.” But in reality, the colder the relationship between governments, the more trouble for the chain in the coun
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On Easter Sunday 1987, the last known wild California condor was captured 40 miles southwest of Bakersfield He was taken to what is now called the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, to be put in a captive-breeding program.
The giant male known as AC-9 (Adult Condor 9) fathered 9 chicks before he was moved to the Los Angeles Zoo. After fifteen years in the captive breeding program he was released back into the wild May 1, 2002.
From a population of 27 birds in captivity in 1987, the population of California condors has grown to more than 500 birds.
From The San Diego Union, Monday, April 20, 1987:
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Rare bird taken to Wild Animal Park to be put in captive-breeding program