14 DAY TRIAL // Vets with the Colorado State University have recently had the chance to perform a surgical intervention that they are sure to remember for the rest of their lives. Thus, it was earlier this week when they operated on a grizzly bear weighing about 300 pounds (136 kilograms).
Media reports say that the bear, named Marley, was rescued from an animal park in Georgia back in January. After the animal was kept in a natural habitat-like enclosure northeast of Denver, it was discovered that it had trouble walking properly.
Specialists working with the University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital were asked to examine it, and it was discovered that, not long before it was rescued, Marley had broken both of its forelimbs.
What's more, one of the fractures was badly infected, Huffington Post reports. Consequently, vets decided that, in order to save Marley's life, they had to operate on the animal.
The same source details that the surgery took place this Tuesday, and that the grizzly bear appears to be recovering well. Thus, Marley is expected to start walking better in the not so distant future, and live for another 20 years.
Commenting on this intervention, student Barr Hadar said that, “This is the most exciting case I’ve been part of during my two years of clinical rotations in veterinary school.”
Check out the video below to see footage of the surgery and learn more about this fairly odd medical case.
