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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Veterinarians from a global animal welfare organization in Pakistan began a series of surgeries on a pair of elephants at a zoo in the port city of Karachi on Wednesday.
On a previous visit last year, Four Paws veterinarians said in Karachi that he had examined four elephants, one of which he had undergone a "complicated procedure" to remove damaged and infected tusks. ”I decided that surgery was necessary. A second elephant had health problems with its teeth and legs, veterinarians said at the time.
On Tuesday, his eight-member team from Four Paws arrived in Pakistan to treat the animals. Surgery and treatment are scheduled to end on Friday.
Amir Khalil, who heads a team of veterinarians, veterinarians and wildlife experts, said his two other elephants in Karachi are being kept in a park in the city and will receive treatment. I said yes. He didn't elaborate.
Four Paws will also issue directives to Karachi Zoo managers to improve elephant care.
In 2020, an elephant named Kaavan was transferred from Islamabad to Cambodia and now lives in an elephant sanctuary. Kurban suffered her 35 years at the Islamabad Zoo, most of it in chains, and lost her partner in 2012. , medications, treatments and more, visit Healthing.ca, a member of the Postmedia Network.
