Reindeer Receives Keyhole Surgery
Eskimo, a reindeer at Edinburgh Zoo has received life-saving surgery just in time for Christmas, making him the first reindeer in history to receive keyhole surgery.
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Romain Pizzi, a Veterinary Surgeon for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, based at Edinburgh Zoo, performed the sugery. He said: "The operation was been a great success and Eskimo has made a speedy recovery. We were especially pleased with how quickly Eskimo recovered after surgery, he was standing and happily eating lichen again within 10 minutes of recovery from anaesthesia. He hardly seemed to notice he had even had surgery, although he was still slightly groggy from the anaesthesia.”