Lion

[Lisbeth]

Lion receives life-saving radiation treatment in a first for Pretoria hospital

2019-06-03 15:32

https://youtu.be/XIy0CTxYzmQ

Chaos, a 16-year-old lion, has been given a new lease on life after receiving radiation treatment for skin cancer at a Pretoria hospital.

The final procedure was performed at Mediclinic Muelmed on Friday.

He is the oldest lion at the Lory Park Animal and Owl Sanctuary in Midrand, but was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer just after his 16th birthday in April.

"He has a squamous cell carcinoma on the nose," Dr Katja Koeppel, a wildlife clinician at the University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort campus, told News24.

The cancer was eating away at his nose and, if left untreated, would have forced the sanctuary to put him down.

In a post on their website, Lory Park said:

"Chaos is not simply a lion. As with all of our animals, he is part of our family."

The post went on to explain that there are no radiation therapy treatment centres for animals in South Africa, which is why so many private hospitals offer this service to the veterinary world.

Mediclinic Muelmed has had a longstanding working relationship with Onderstepoort, radiation oncologist Dr Ingo de Mûelenaere told News24.

"We've treated quite a few of their patients previously," he said.

Some of these patients included domestic animals like dogs and cats, and even a chicken. Although he had also treated a leopard and cheetah before, De Mûelenaere said having a lion at the facility was "a step up".

"It's a little bit bigger, teeth are bigger - a bit more scary," he said.

Chaos weighs roughly 260kg.

The lion received his final radiation treatment on Friday.

"He's responded remarkably well. With the four treatments, the lesions - which were open, raw, ulcerative, deep craters on his nose - have all cleaned up and you can see the scabbing and the pinkness," Koeppel said.

She added that lions could live for 20 to 22 years in captivity, so Chaos should have "a few more years of really good living experience in captivity".

De Mûelenaere said he was "90% convinced" that Chaos would make a full recovery.

[Lisbeth]

They must love that lion a lot or maybe it's the only one and getting a new one is more expensive.....said the cynical

[Richprins]

Lis.







Kruger Sightings
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4h4 hours ago

06:20
3 lionesses and 8 Cubs on the road
H9, 16.6km E of Phalaborwa, moving west
Tinged by Alberto – Matimba Bush Lodge

[Richprins]

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18h18 hours ago

15:10
Lioness with 3 cubs.
Drank water at the dam. Moved into grass when 2 herds of elephant with many little ones turned up.
“Beautiful sighting. Blessed!”
Girivana waterhole near Satara S12 & S40 junction off H7.
5/5
Tinged by Rita and Johann

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[Lisbeth]

[Lisbeth]

Bucket the tiny lion cub is still going strong!

Posted on 11 June, 2019 by Africa Geographic Editorial in Kruger, South Africa, Wildlife


Bucket plays with her food

The tiny lion cub named Bucket that left her mother at the tender age of five weeks to follow the pride males, and endured 10 days with no mother’s milk before rejoining her mom, is alive and well.

This has been confirmed by filmmakers Brent Leo-Smith and Wium Dornbrack of Painted Dog TV, whose latest video update of the Bucket saga appears at the end of this post. Brent and Wium have been following Bucket and her pride as they claim back lion territory after being reintroduced as part of a lion meta-population management program.

This drama has been playing itself out in Rietspruit Nature Reserve near the bushveld town of Hoedspruit and the Kruger National Park, with residents of Leadwood Big Game Estate (a private residential estate inside the reserve) having the best seats in the house.


Bucket (behind) is noticeably smaller than her brother BB


Bucket and her mother

https://youtu.be/hEu6W9SE_Dw

[Richprins]

the story is somewhere else too here!

[Flutterby]

RP, maybe under Interesting/Unusual sightings?

[Richprins]

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4h4 hours ago

Malelane Sunset drive
Lion stationary
Malelane, 2km from gate lying in the middle of the street
Tinged by Rosanne