A polar bear roaming around an Arctic outpost in northern Russia has been rescued after getting its tongue caught in a can of condensed milk.
Residents of the remote settlement of Dikson sounded the alarm when the stricken 2-year-old female was seen wandering up to huts in the village on July 20.
A team from Moscow Zoo flew out to tranquilize the animal with a dart, remove the sharp metal from its mouth, and treat the cuts to its tongue.
A female polar bear whose tongue was stuck in a tin can near the Arctic settlement of Dikson on the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia, on July 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Nornickel via Reuters)
Chief veterinarian of the Moscow Zoo Mikhail Alshinetsky tends to a sedated female polar bear whose tongue was stuck in a tin can, in the Arctic settlement of Dikson on the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia, on July 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Nornickel via Reuters)
Specialists remove a tin can from the tongue of a sedated female polar bear in the Arctic settlement of Dikson on the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia, on July 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Nornickel via Reuters)
Chief veterinarian of the Moscow Zoo Mikhail Alshinetsky treats a sedated female polar bear whose tongue was stuck in a tin can in Russia, on July 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Nornickel via Reuters)
“The next important stage is her recovery from the anesthesia. But our specialists will be nearby, watching the process,” said Svetlana Akulova, director general of Moscow Zoo….