Injured tiger cub’s leg amputated
| Date :01-Nov-2019 |
Staff Reporter :
Senior veterinarians decided to amputate the damaged leg in order to save the cub’s life
SIX-MONTH-OLD tiger cub’s leg was amputated successfully at School of Wildlife Forensic and Health of Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University on Wednesday. The surgery continued for three hours by the team of experts. The cub is under observation at School of Wildlife Forensic and Health.
Field Director of Kanha Tiger Reserve L Krishna Murty informed that a six-month-old cub was found in injured condition by elephant mounted forest patrolling team at Ghorilla Beat of Mukki Circle at Kanha Tiger Reserve. The cub was rescued and rushed to Mukki Veterinary Centre. In primary examination, team of veterinarians led by Dr Sandeep Agrawal and Dr V P Chanpuria, retired Director, Surgery and Radiology Department, Jabalpur found that the cub had suffered a fracture in its back left leg. After primary treatment, the cub was taken to School of Wildlife Forensic and Health in Jabalpur.
On Thursday, a team of surgeons conducted examination and learnt that the skin, muscles and bone of back left leg was badly damaged. In order to save the cub’s life, senior veterinarians decided to amputate the damaged leg. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) and Field Director of Kanha Tiger Reserve were contacted for their permission to amputate the leg.
Thereafter, team of veterinary surgeons including Dr M K Bhargava, Surgeon, Veterinary College Jabalpur and former Head of Department and Dr Madhu Swamy, Director, School of Wildlife Forensic and Health with Dr Apra Sahi, Dr Babita Das, Dr Randhir Chouhan, Dr Sandeep Agrawal, Dr Somesh Singh, Dr Kajal Yadav, Dr K P Singh, Dr Amol Rokade and research scholars successfully conducted amputation of leg in three-hour surgery.