In the 'infamous' Nagpur ZOO, an animal comes last !

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Veterinary science has gone for a toss! Maharajbagh Zoo leopard's wound was

treated with turmeric !!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4926173.cms

Maharajbagh Zoo trying to save leopard Ajay

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN 24 August 2009, 02:11am IST

NAGPUR: Maharajbagh Zoo incharge Dr S S Bawaskar is battling it out within the

zoo and outside too. Having faced the flak for letting agriculture

minister Balasaheb Thorat into tiger cage, he has now launched Herculean efforts

to save male leopard Ajay who is seriously ill. TOI on August 13 had reported

how 10-year-old Ajay was detected with a wound on his tail and was undergoing

treatment.

 

The injury took a serious turn when Ajay started blinking after August 18. For

three days from August 12, the wound was treated with turmeric but it did not

heal. After the August 15, Dr Bawaskar got busy giving justifications on Thorat

row and hence could examine the leopard only during evening. Amid turmoil, Ajay

became serious and even doctors from veterinary clinic near Alankar talkies

expressed their inability to treat the leopard. They suggested that experts from

Nagpur Veterinary College, Seminary Hills be called.

 

On August 19, Dr Chitra Raut, the wildlife vet, also visited the zoo and offered

treatment. On August 21, treatment started under professor of medicine Dr D N

Rajguru. Since August 21, Dr Bawaskar is trying hard to save Ajay, who was born

to Gopal and Julie in the zoo itself in 1999. During past three days, at least 8

bottles of saline have been administered to Ajay, who had stopped eating and

also suffered from severe dehydration.

 

“This is for the first time that Ajay is so seriously ill. For the first time he

is on saline. Throughout the day, my time went in explaining Thorat row to the

authorities. I could treat Ajay only during the evening hours. I had almost left

the hope but thank God, Ajay is now recovering and has started eating a little

bit,” Dr Bawaskar said.

 

On Sunday, he braved heavy rains to treat Ajay. The leopard was administered two

more saline bottles and its wound was cleaned and dressed in the squeeze cage.

Dr Bawaskar had earlier launched similar efforts to save two tiger cubs Jui and

Jai, of whom Jui died but Jai has survived and become one of zoo’s star

attractions. Dr Rajguru hoped the leopard will survive. In captivity, tigers and

leopards could live up to 18-20 years. Zoo keepers say after Ajay has taken ill,

his partners Riddhi and Samruddhi, brought from Navegaon National Park in 2007,

also look depressed. All three shared a cage in the zoo.

 

 

 

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