Punjab vet treats injured tigress

Punjab vet treats injured tigress
Punjab Newsline Network
Tuesday, 09 January 2007

LUDHAIAN:The veterinary doctors of Punjab governemnt today started treatment of a tigress in the Tiger Safari here after she was found to be unable to move for the past two days. She had developed some infection in her rear limbs, sources said.

Six-year-old Elaichi was examined by a veterinarian of the Punjab Veterinary Department, Chandigarh, at the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Husbandry University.

The veterinarian, Dr M.P. Singh, conducted X-ray examination of both the affected limbs. He said he had conducted a thorough check-up of the tigress. There was no injury revealed in the X-ray examination. Even the blood and faecal samples, checked for any parasite, tested negative.

Dr M.P. Singh said they had sent samples of urine, blood and faecal matter to study the biochemistry of ailing tigress. He said it would take two more days to find out what was wrong with the tigress.

Dr Singh said he had prescribed some medicines for the tigress so that she did not feel pain. "We cannot leave the beast to suffer in silence. So we have applied topical medicine on her legs. The veterinarian remained in the city till evening.

The Tiger Safari has four tigers and five tigresses. Elaichi had developed some problem in her leg on Saturday evening. The safari authorities had released her in the safari on that day only. When they opened the safari today morning they found that she was not able to move at all.

“I spoke to the Chief Wildlife Warden at Chandigarh in the morning and he sent an the expert.” said Parmod Kumar, local Tiger Safari superviser.

The authorities tranquilised the tigress in the morning and took her to Guru Angad Dev varsity hospital in a cage. The tests were conducted on her there while she was unconscious.