ANIMAL CRUELTY ANNALS : PRAYERS PRECIS

Karachi, Pakistan : CHANDINI - the two-year old she camel brutally tortured by a landlord in Sukkur for straying into his fields, has undergone a major surgery at a shelter home in Murad Memon Goth.

According to the shelter management, a team of veterinarians successfully repaired her fractured jaw by inserting rods and a supporting frame to restore it to position.

During the same procedure, vets also amputated her severely infected hind leg to prevent the spread of  potentially fatal infection.

The animal was administered anesthesia and strong painkillers throughout the surgery.

Chandini is battling multiple life threatening injuries, including a crushed leg, a broken jaw, a burnt tongue and a tick-borne blood infection.

Before the surgery, her blood tests and X-rays were carried out, while two other camels, Kimi and Kelly, were screened as possible blood donors.

Shelter officials said Chandini had been kept on a special diet comprising camel's milk, carrot paste,  bottle gourd, rice, jantar leaves and jaggery, and was drinking water in satisfactory amounts.  

While terming the surgery a success, the management said that the next few hours and days remain critical.

'' She is under intensive care but her survival now depends as much on medical support as on prayers,'' a shelter representative said.