Wednesday, 16 April 2014

The shocking images of a lioness whose leg was almost ripped off by a buffalo, amazingly SURVIVED.

                     Wound: Lioness Siena winces with pain as she struggles with the horrific injury inflicted by a male buffalo                                          
A lioness whose leg was almost ripped off when a male buffalo gored her has made an incredible recovery thanks to emergency vets who flew out to treat her horrific wound.
The team of vets scrambled to the middle of the Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya when they heard about 11-year-old lioness Siena's life-threatening injuries.
Staff at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - a specialist elephant rehabilitation centre - knew they would have to act quickly if they were to save the mother when they found her on April 4.  
                                                                                                                           Emergency: Vets were scrambled to the middle of the Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya when they heard about lioness Siena's life-threatening injuries                                                                                                 Help arrives: Dr Njoroge and members of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust operate on 11-year-old Sienna in the middle of the Masai Mara region                                                  Operation: After Siena was tranquilised, the team spent around three and a half hours cleaning up and stitching the huge gaping wound before she was returned to her cubs                                                Dr Njoroge and members of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust stitch up the big cat's wound                                               Precaution: The lioness's head is covered with a blanket as vets perform the emergency procedure                                                  With the wound cleaned and stitched up, an antiseptic paste was then applied to protect it and aid healing                                                                                                                                              
                     Waking up: Lioness Siena comes round following her operation                                                             Mother's pride: Siena rejoins her cubs on the plains of the Masai Mara                                               
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