Pets are helping Americans cope during a year full of uncertainty, but that uncertainty also includes how to best care for a sick pet amid a pandemic. Veterinarians across the country have adopted new safety measures affecting how they care for sick and healthy pets, and that has contributed to reports of delays and long wait times, which have circulated for months.
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Chicago’s museums have shut down twice now due to the coronavirus pandemic, bleeding revenue as they closed their doors to visitors in the spring before reopening with drastically reduced capacity in the summer and locking up again as COVID-19 cases spiked in the fall. As a unique class of museum, the city’s zoos and aquariums
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Volunteers in coastal Texas have rescued thousands of sea turtles from frigid waters and shores during the historic winter storm and are working creatively to house them as much of the region remains without power. Sea Turtle, Inc., a nonprofit education, rehabilitation and conservation organization in South Padre Island, Texas, has taken in nearly 4,500 sea
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Two tigers at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The kids’ zoo made the announcement on social media Saturday morning. Friday evening, zoo staff received positive test results for both Sumatran tigers Bugara and Indah. On Monday, a keeper noticed one of the tigers had mild symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Staff
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