For the first time, Tiger in Maharashtra will get prosthetic leg

It is possibly the first time that a tiger will undergo such surgery.

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Maharashtra: In what may be the first instance, a tiger in Maharashtra will be getting a prosthetic limb, with the joint efforts of Maharashtra Animal and  Fisheries Science University (MAFSU) and a leading orthopaedic surgeon of Nagpur.  

Maharashtra: Tiger with injured paw in Nagpur to now get prosthetic leg. (05.02.2018) pic.twitter.com/SI2Ssh35wr

— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2018

The veterinary doctors of Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University (MAFSU) and orthopaedic surgeon, Dr  Sushrut Babhulkar have joined hands for surgically attaching prosthesis in a male tiger at Nagpur's Gorewada Rescue Centre.  

The tiger was in a lot of pain & used to hop on three legs. We immediately decided to provide him with prosthetics so that he can walk on all four feet: Sushrut Babhulkar, Orthopaedic Surgeon pic.twitter.com/lg6ruUuIkA — ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2018

Sushrut Babhulkar, Orthopaedic Surgeon said, " The tiger was in a lot of pain & used to hop on three legs. We immediately decided to provide him with prosthetics so that he can walk on all four feet: While such a surgery has been done on some of the animals across the world, it is possibly the first time that a tiger will undergo it.  

In '16 he was brought to us with an injured paw. He couldn't walk. We're in tie up with an animal husbandry, their doctors treated him, now he walks but is in lot of pain. Dr Babhulkar adopted him & wants to provide him prosthetic limb: UK Agrawal, Forest Development Corporation pic.twitter.com/8Ri1mQ5B2C

— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2018