A vet has saved the life of a female tiger at Dublin Zoo by performing "super-sized" dental surgery on the big cat's broken teeth.
Popular Dublin Zoo resident Tundra, an eight-year-old female Amur tiger, was suffering with a fractured upper and lower canine, resulting in serious discomfort and difficulty eating. Zookeepers were very worried over Tundra's condition, and they asked for help from Nora Schwitzer, who leads the dentistry referral service at MyVet in Dublin.
Nora and her team of vets carried out an emergency root canal surgery on Tundra at Dublin Zoo earlier this month. The team was made up of zoo vets Niamh McGill and Emma Flynn, Nora and veterinary nurse Lisa Donnelly, Joei Potter and Xavia Torruella of the anaesthesia team at University College Dublin, and human dentist, Tom Linehan.
