The Dedicated Ophthalmology Referral Practice

Figs 1 & 2. Summer in Madikwe National Park near the border with Botswana. A lion that has had trauma to the eye was observed by the local rangers as doing poorly and loosing weight. The male lion was darted and examined more closely. A large lump of granulation tissue was found coming through the ruptured cornea. The lion had its eye surgically removed [enucleation]. It subsequently is doing very well and back to normal weight and activity in the pride.

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Figs 3 & 4. Madikwe National Park; Winter time, the grass is brown as it is the low rainfull time of the year. This lionness is being examined also following serious incidental trauma to the eye. The eye also was so badly damaged that it had to be removed.

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Fig 4. the male lion which hunted together had to be darted for safety sake.

Fig 5. In theatre doing cataract surgery in a young [6mth] old Bengal Tiger from a private collection.

Fig 6. Post cataract surgery ­ the young tiger looking placcid!