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Roots recovers fast from operation
It's been over a month since the two-year-old African lioness named Roots had nearly half of her front teeth extracted and a root canal procedure during an eight-hour corrective surgery.
- By Dina El Shammaa, Staff Reporter
- Published: 01:13 February 24, 2008
- Image Credit: Abdul Rahman/Gulf News
- Roots enjoys her stroll in the open air cage at the Abu Dhabi Wildlife Centre, months after root canal surgery.
Abu Dhabi: It's been more than two months since the two-year-old African lioness named Roots had nearly half of her front teeth extracted and a root canal procedure during an eight-hour corrective surgery.
A vet team from South African extracted 14 out of 30 teeth.
"Roots has ... put on some weight and is not as aggressive as she was before the surgery. She no longer feels any pain in her teeth.
"She's running, walking, playing and eating normally," said Ronel Smuts, Manager of the Abu Dhabi Wildlife Centre.
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