diseases and ailments

My dog recently got some stitches in his tail, and had to wear a cone for a week. This made me think: what do zoos do when their animals have surgeries? How do they keep their animals from harming themselves by picking at their wounds or by pulling out their stitches? Do they have megafauna...

Hi All, I am currently doing a course in Zoo Keeping and this forum has been really helpful to me regarding ideas for different enclosures etc, so thank you all so much! The assignment I have just started is Health, and my first task is to find out the major health issues in UK Zoos and...