Word: mandavu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well, an elephantine undertaking. Mandavu had to be properly fettered, so she could be easily anesthetized with an injection in the rump. Her keepers also had to make sure that when she went to sleep she slumped over on her left side, to expose the injured right leg. Finally, everything had to be done quickly; if Mandavu were kept anesthetized too long, she might suffocate under her own weight...
...foot-long saw instead of a scalpel. Then, with an electric drill, he cut a hole through one of the fractured bones and shoved in a 12-in.-long steel pin; this served as an anchor for the heavy hoof-to-knee cast. Three and a half hours later Mandavu was brought back to consciousness. Within GARRISON minutes she lumbered to her feet, apparently no worse for the experience...
...will be months before the zookeepers can tell if the fracture has healed, but Mandavu seems to have accepted the massive cast, and her pregnancy remains normal...
...Mandavu's misfortune is not uncommon at the 1,800-acre Wild Animal Park and sister San Diego Zoo, which together house 6,500 animals of 1,050 different species. In a typical month, dozens of them wind up on the sick list as a result of diabetes, birth complications, infected teeth, or any one of a score of other problems, including injuries from fighting...
...Mandavu alive and, even more important, breed rare varieties. Says William Conway, head of the New York Zoological Society: "More species are going to have to be sustained in captivity if they are going to survive...