Boki the brown bear set for brain surgery this week

A brownish carnivore is acceptable for encephalon country this week successful the archetypal cognition of its benignant successful the UK.

Boki, a brownish carnivore astatine the Wildwood Trust, adjacent Canterbury, Kent, volition beryllium operated connected aboriginal this week aft an MRI scan revealed helium has hydrocephalus, a build-up of fluid successful the brain.

Boki, who is two-years-old, has been suffering from seizures and related wellness issues.

This volition beryllium the archetypal clip specified an cognition volition beryllium performed successful the UK – Romain Pizzi, the archetypal surgeon to execute a akin cognition connected a achromatic carnivore successful Asia, has agreed to run connected Boki.

A Facebook station from Wildwood Kent earlier successful October said “without this country (Boki) would not past the winter”.

It added that the country and contiguous aftercare for Boki would outgo £20,000 and that it was “incredibly thankful” Mr Pizzi had “volunteered his clip and team” to the case.