Rhino undergoes world's 1st surgery for fractured leg at England’s Knowsley Safari
A young rhino named Amara at England’s Knowsley Safari recently underwent the world's first surgery for a fractured leg.
New treatment helps southern white rhinoceros recover from broken leg at Knowsley Safari park
Amara began limping on her right, front leg earlier this year after radiographs it was confirmed the rhino had had a fractured ulna. | ITV News Granada
Safari Park Rhino Gets World-First Procedure To Mend Broken Leg
Veterinary medicine is a difficult field at the best of times, considering that the majority (but not all) of their patients can’t talk. It becomes even more difficult when serious health issues require surgery,
UK team performs surgery to fix rhino's broken leg, an operation they say is world's 1st
Amara is an almost 2-year old Southern white rhino from Knowsley Safari Park. LONDON -- A team of over ten vets – including specialist surgeons, anaesthetists, and animal keepers – have on Thursday performed what they described as a ground-breaking ...
World-first operation to treat rhino’s broken leg
A rhinoceros with a broken leg is back on its feet after a world-first operation. Amara, a southern white rhino at Knowsley safari park, was given keyhole surgery and had to wear a cast for four weeks.
Rhino at UK safari park gets groundbreaking surgery on broken leg
Amara, an 800 kg southern white rhino at a safari park in northwest England, has received what has been described as a "groundbreaking" medical operation to help heal a broken front leg. Knowsley Safari in Merseyside and the University of Liverpool joined forces to perform the rare procedure after Amara suffered a fractured ulna,
Vet team performs world-1st surgery on UK Rhino
A team of over ten vets have on Thursday performed what they described as a ground-breaking world-first surgery on a Rhino with a broken leg.
What do you do when a rhino breaks a leg? Call a horse doctor, of course
Dr. David Stack, an equine veterinary surgeon, led the team that conducted keyhole surgery to repair a white rhino’s fractured leg near Liverpool, England.
Rhino Undergoes First-of-Its-Kind Leg Surgery, Is Very Cute
It seems like the setup to a joke: how do you perform leg surgery on a southern white rhinoceros’ leg? The truth is the same as the likely punchline: very carefully. That was the case for Amara, a two-year-old rhino living in an English zoo,
UK Veterinarians Complete a First of Its Kind Surgery To Heal a Wounded Rhino
A group of 10 specially trained animal experts took part in a world-first surgery on a rhino to prepare its broken leg.
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Knowsley Safari Park hero vets perform first-ever surgery on rhino's broken leg
The team of more than 10 vets including specialist surgeons and anaesthetists, nurses, and animal keepers, as well as support ...
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Knowsley Safari Park welcomes birth of rare white rhino
The unnamed female is the first to be born at the park since 2018 A rare southern white rhinoceros has been born at Knowsley Safari park in what has been described as a "very exciting step" in the ...
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Knowsley Safari wants to make your child a Christmas star
Knowsley Safari’s Enchanted experience returns this winter from Saturday, November 30, until Monday, December 23. This year will see the addition of a Santa Panto which means the safari is on ...
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UK's largest inflatable obstacle course arrives at Knowsley Safari for school holidays
It's already one of the region's most popular attractions, but Knowsley Safari has upped the ante this school holidays with the opening of the UK's largest inflatable obstacle course. The Realm is ...
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Knowsley Safari Park needs more buildings for animals
Plans have been submitted for a new animal enclosure at Knowsley Safari Park. The application, on behalf of the Earl of Derby, is to create a 29m (95ft) long building with 30 pens for animals as ...
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Knowsley Safari welcomes adorable and rare endangered foal
Knowsley Safari has welcomed a baby Somali wild ass, believed to be the first to be born in the UK this year. There are only a few hundred left in the wild, meaning the species in classed as ...