ECSST News article of the day There are so many instances where hope in humanity is lost these days, but truly, there are still amazing people out there, which should be admired by us all. So proud of all the people/entities involved. WELL DONE and thank you so much for doing your best and following your passion for the welfare of animals. ;-) Also want to give thanks to Emad Askarieh! PERSIAN LEOPARD WITH IMPLANTED GOLD CROWNS IN AN OPERATION, UNPRECEDENTED IN THE COUNTRY, IRANIAN DOCTORS PUT GOLD CROWNS OVER THE DAMAGED TEETH OF A LEOPARD. Persian leopards are the largest ones of their kind in the world. They have a big, muscular, and extremely flexible body and can be found in several habitats across Iran. Rica, a male Persian leopard whose mother was killed by poachers in northern Iran when he was still a cub, was looked after by the rangers and then was first taken to Darabad Museum and later to Tehran Zoological Garden. Rica went through a lot of pain because of worn lower fangs, tooth infection and abscess. The infection left a cavity in his lower jaw and caused him a lot of pain. Had it not been treated, it could have put his life in danger. Unfortunately, in our country there is no veterinary dentist, that’s why wildlife expert Iman Memarian at Tehran Zoo tried to put together a team and use a dentist to treat Rica. He wanted to save the leopard in his care from the pain by any means possible. Sizing up all factors at play to form a team, he asked Dr. Molazem and Dr. Omidvari, a dentist, and the School of Veterinary to help him with the exclusive treatment project. At Tehran Zoo, Rica was given a general anesthetic by Dr. Memarian who then took the animal to hospital in his own car because there was no ambulance available. What made what he did dangerous was that the animal could come to on the way to hospital. You never know how an aggressive animal like a leopard would react in the enclosed space of a car and what danger it could pose to people. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why his consciousness level was closely monitored by Dr. Ghazalleh. Eventually, they arrived at the hospital and the unprecedented operation began. Read full article at: iranfrontpage/news/homeland/nature/2014/09/persian-leopard-implanted-gold-crowns/ If you like it, please share it? ECSST (Endangered Cat Species Survival Trust) Homepage: ecsst.org (in the process of updating with lots of information regarding endangered cat species in the wild and our entire project, our photographers, cat species etc.) Facebook: facebook/Endangeredcatspecies Twitter: https://twitter/ECSST777 Photographers group: facebook/groups/332219533550937/
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:35:01 +0000
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