Big Animal Surgery: Lion

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Dramatic lifesaving surgery. Presented by Liz Bonnin.

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Big Animal Surgery: Series 1: Lion

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Liz Bonnin witnesses an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of a rescued lion.

Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in South Africa to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion.

Liz Bonnin takes us inside the dramatic world of big animal surgery. This time, she travels to a sanctuary in South Africa to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion. Ricci has problems with his teeth so severe they are preventing him from feeding. It takes one of the world’s leading vets using an array of specially-made tools to fix them. But the story takes a dangerous twist as Ricci begins to wake up from the anaesthetic mid-surgery.

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