By Express News ServicePALAKKAD: The forest department is gearing up to perform eye surgery on wild elephant PT 7, which has been in confinement since its capture from the Dhoni forest region in Palakkad months ago. The surgery is aimed at setting right the elephant’s loss of sight in its right eye. An expert team of doctors led by the forest department’s chief veterinary surgeon Arun Sakaria examined the elephant this week and found that it has completely lost vision in the right eye. PALAKKAD: The forest department is gearing up to perform eye surgery on wild elephant PT 7, which has been in confinement since its capture from the Dhoni forest region in Palakkad months ago. The surgery is aimed at setting right the elephant’s loss of sight in its right eye.

Source: Indian Express August 04, 2023 01:21 UTC