PUBLISHED: 15 Mar 2024 at 04: 45
A semi-blind female Indochina cat found wandering around Kamphaeng Phet a fortnight ago was safely removed this week thanks to a vet at Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
Pimchanok Songmongkol, a senior physician at the temple, examined the health of” Balago”– which means Khlong Lan in the Karen pronunciation– on Wednesday with a team of experts from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ( Nursing ).
Around two years old is thought to be the tiger’s age.
The experts decided to proceed and reduce the tiger because its left eye was twice as big as its proper and might be causing it chronic pain. The team therefore prescribed anti- aggressive drugs and medicines.
Blood tests and the lifted eye were sent to the DNP and the University of Veterinary Science at Mahidol University to find out what had caused it.
Balago was first seen in Kamphaeng Phet in Khlong Lan National Park in Kamphaeng Phet. The creature was taken and rehabilitated at the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Breeding Center in Lan Sak area on February 19.
The lion was discovered to be totally deaf in its left eye, which had a sketch on the retina, during an initial health evaluation. It also had a smaller cut to the left hand on its front, which was emaciated.