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                                                                                                                                                                                                           292  animals c omplet el y v ac cina t ed
                                                                                                                                                                                                           292 animals completely vaccinated
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                                    A group of visionary leaders and enlightened residents of
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                                    Cook County made the creation of both the Forest Preserves
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           460 animals received into quarantine in 2021
                                    of Cook County and the Chicago Zoological Society possible.
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