06-08-2022, 02:19 PM
Sad News, Kimani, the 6 year old western lowland gorilla at the Calgary Zoo has been diagnosed with liver cancer. It is a rare cancer for one so young.
Various medical facilities are being consulted. Treatment options are limited as the cancer has spread. If it is possible to treat the cancer they will, but they are already talking palliative care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/g...-1.6479712
This is very sad. Kimani is so young. Her gorilla troop family will be very upset if they lose her.
For now she is being given special treatment, a quiet place to rest and all her favourite foods.
I hope they can do something to help her, but it is unlikely with the cancer spreading so much.
At least she can be comfortable with her family and have some peaceful last days.
Various medical facilities are being consulted. Treatment options are limited as the cancer has spread. If it is possible to treat the cancer they will, but they are already talking palliative care.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/g...-1.6479712
This is very sad. Kimani is so young. Her gorilla troop family will be very upset if they lose her.
For now she is being given special treatment, a quiet place to rest and all her favourite foods.
I hope they can do something to help her, but it is unlikely with the cancer spreading so much.
At least she can be comfortable with her family and have some peaceful last days.
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Catherine
