
Why Don’t We Have a Covid Vaccine for Pets?
The New York Times
Scientists have developed vaccines for cats and dogs, but vaccinating companion animals is not necessary, experts said.
Over the past year, coronavirus vaccines have gone into billions of human arms — and into the fuzzy haunches of an ark’s worth of zoo animals. Jaguars are getting the jab. Bonobos are being dosed. So are orangutans and otters, ferrets and fruit bats, and, of course, lions and tigers and bears (oh, my!).
Largely left behind, however, are two creatures much closer to home: domestic cats and dogs.
Pet owners have noticed.
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