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...
BBC News - Cambridgeshire park's tumour tiger had armed escort
Shrepreth's resident 12 year old bengal tiger 'Amba' required an armed escort when she had "life-saving" surgery to remove a tumour the size of a rugby ball.