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Episode: A New Jersey zoo lets visitors watch veterinarians treat the animals
Description: A new observation theater at a zoo in northern New Jersey lets visitors see animals get live medical treatments.
Veterinarians at the Turtle Back Zoo hope the new installation educates people on the care that animals receive at the zoo while inspiring kids to pursue medicine as a profession.
One morning, visitors peered through a large glass window into a new, spacious treatment room, watching as a middle-aged female turkey vulture with arthritis underwent a 30-minute wellness check. During the exam, she was anesthetized, X-rayed, had her eyes and wings examined, had blood drawn, and was microchipped.
The animal wound...