December 5, 2007
Modern Medicine is Amazing, Part 2
It may not be sweeps months, but WCBS 2 had a segment about a 12-week tiger cub who got a CT scan at a Long Island animal hospital. It's way easier on the eyes than the "woman who had a coat rack stuck in her face" story.
Simba, a Siberian tiger at an Ohio zoo, was going to be put to sleep because she had a very bad sense of balance and could possibly have a tumor. Animal lover Larry Wallach flew her to the New York Veterinarian Specialty Center in Farmingdale, where doctors discovered that she did not have a tumor - it was just a really bad ear infection! Cute animal + happy ending = aw's all around, plus a chance for a reporter to feed a baby tiger by bottle (pictured below).
And Wallach, a "former SPCA wildlife officer and a successful businessman" who has helped rescue other exotic animals, has been involved with New York City's most famous tiger incident: He assisted police when they removed Ming, the 400-500 pound Bengal tiger being kept in a Harlem apartment.
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nice.
Awesome. And that Harlem tiger was one crazy cat.
uh yo, zoo dudes. simba means lion.
uh yo, zoo dudes. simba means lion.
Dang, that zoo is pretty quick on the euthanize button. An ear infection shouldn't have been that hard to figure out. Hooray for the baby tigers!
what ever happened to Antoine Yates? i felt so bad for that guy, calling the tiger his 'only friend'.
in other news, the reported pictured above has found other items for the baby tiger to suck on.