Tiger saved by team of surgeons at Cambridge Vet School

A tiger at Shepreth Wildlife Park recently underwent surgery at the Queen's Veterinary Hospital, Department of Veterinary Medicine in a bid to save her life. The tigress, who has been at the conservation centre for over ten years, had been unwell for several weeks as keepers and the wildlife park's vets remained baffled as to the cause of her condition. Amba was booked in for her first ultrasound at the veterinary hospital, but only after extensive paperwork had been completed to allow the Wildlife Park to move the man-eating, yet highly endangered species, off-site. Police were on stand-by in the event of an emergency, alongside the Wildlife Park's own fire-arms team. Extra staff had to be enlisted to lift the substantial weight of not only the largest cat species in the world, but also the specially built steel crate in which she had to be transported. Safely within the confines of the vet school buildings, blood tests were performed to assess Amba's condition and to test for a fatal feline disease associated with fluid build-up in the abdomen, which had now been diagnosed. Although difficult to perform because of the volume of fluid present, ultrasound examination suggested the possible presence of a mass deep in Amba's abdomen.