Soldiers are also used to save the elephant

Three African elephants live in the Tallinn Zoological Gardens. artun.ee photo

In the Tallinn Zoo, more than 60 people, including 40 soldiers, participated in the operation for the African Elephant Carl

"Karl received a derived from bad – VOICE on the front leg for a while.The operation was carried out in cooperation with veterinarians of the Estonian University of Life Sciences – five animal surgeons, including the deputy head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine Clinic Aleksandras Semionovas. "We opened the two pimples, cleaned the wounds from the inside and took samples to correct the diagnosis," explains A at the end of the procedure Semionov

As the zoo director told us, there was a risk that the elephant, causing general anesthesia, would be on the wrong side, so it was decided to keep the animal upright. There was also a danger that Karl would park. 9, operation, a security battalion was They would have raised a 6-tonne elephant if necessary. But everything was done as planned. "The elephant has fallen asleep in the right position, so we did not need the help of the sculptor," says the doctor.

Visitors to the zoo will not be able to see Karl for at least a week because the elephant has to recover from the surgery. In Tallinn Zoo live three African elephants: Karl and two females, Drai and Fien, who live in the zoos of the city. All three saw the world in the Kruger National Park and were brought to the capital of Estonia in the summer of 1985, at the age of 2-3 years.