- Three big cats at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent underwent specialist CT scans to investigate persistent and unexplained mobility issues.
- The animals scanned were Luca, a four-year-old Amur tiger; Django, a ten-year-old mainland clouded leopard; and Mo, a four-year-old Southern African cheetah.
- A specialist mobile CT scan unit was brought to the sanctuary, enabling the sedated cats to be scanned directly in their enclosures beforre moved into the mobile centre,
- Briony Smith, curator at The Big Cat Sanctuary, highlighted the crucial partnership with specialist vets and Burgess Diagnostics in this diagnostic effort.
- The scans will now be analysed by specialist veterinary radiographers, with findings expected to be reported in approximately two weeks.
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Tiger, cheetah and leopard all fall ill in medical mystery at UK zoo