‘Boki’ the bear undergoes pioneering surgery to drain fluid from skull and stop seizures

A two-year-old bear is currently undergoing pioneering brain surgery at a wildlife park in Kent to save its life in a UK first.

Boki, a European Brown bear, has been suffering seizures and vision problems for the last five months.

The veterinary team feared that if they did not operate before he went into torpor, a winter dormancy similar to hibernation, he may not wake up in the spring.

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