BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) � Animals at Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago are getting their own COVID-19 vaccinations.
Primates, small carnivores, big cats and bears will be among the first to get shots.
Similar shots have started at the Detroit Zoo and other zoos in the U.S. Like humans, the animals will get two doses three weeks apart.
Mike Adkesson of the Chicago Zoological Society says "healthy animals help keep humans healthy, too."
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