The First Polar Bear Born in Today's Deadly Tropical Area

Inuka's health condition, the first polar bear born in the tropics, is getting worse. This makes the Wildlife Reserves Singapore medical team (WRS) forced to euthanasia on Wednesday morning (25/04/2018). The Inuka polar bear must be "put to sleep forever" because the arthritis disease that infestes its body does not heal. Deputy CEO and Head of Life Sciences at WRS, Dr. Cheng Wen-Haur, said euthanasia to Inuka was done at 7 am local time. This decision is certainly not an easy thing. But, according to Wen-Haur, the treatment will only prolong Inuka's suffering and put pressure on her. "Based on the results of the medical examination today, the open wound in the legs and stomach has not improved significantly despite additional treatment during the last three weeks," said the WRS in their official statement quoted from Channel News Asia, Wednesday (25/4/2018) Read Also: Inuka, Singapore's Polar Bears Threatened Euthanasia "The injuries are deep enough and will only cause pain and discomfort to Inuka, and the condition gets worse when the arthritis worsens." Previously, the team of doctors has been working hard to do care and treatment to Inuka.Unfortunately, there is no expected condition. "The doctor hopes that treatment done since the last examination will result in better improvement, and therefore does not occur, meaning that the health and wellbeing conditions of Inuka are disrupted and need real action to avoid prolong the suffering of Inuka, "said WRS party Mr Mohan Ponichamy, In's primary caregiver uka, saying that all night the guards accompanied Inuka and made sure it was comfortable. "In preparation for anesthesia, she needed to be isolated, we spent most of the day with her (to) make sure she was calm, we fed her with water, she was responsive and still able to follow the signal," Mohan said. WRS party plans to hold a special show of honor on Thursday (26/4/2018). In addition, the WRS will also conduct an autopsy to fully understand the conditions of Inuka. The zoo also plans to preserve parts of Inuka body to be a learning material in the world of education.

In the wild when animals die naturally, it can be long and protracted. It could be that the animal is old or they ... maybe not as fast or as healthy as before. If you're an animal that has to hunt other animals to survive (and) you can not do that anymore, you can go hungry, maybe it can last for weeks or months before it dies, "Dr Cheng said. care, we will never let that happen. We will always take care of them. So that means that we will really try to treat the condition for a certain period of time. "The treatment may take place in the weekly, monthly, and yearly periods, during which time the guards will observe the quality of life of treated animals. "We have a lot of indicators that allow us to assess whether he has a good life. When we look at all the indicators, the big ones are health indicators, can we treat sickness or injury to the animal? "Dr Cheng said." We can, but in the end it will just be the treatment itself will cause him more stress and more uncomfortable . It does not always allow him to recover and will certainly prolong his suffering unnecessarily. "Inuka seems to be the last polar bear to be a collection at the zoo since 2006 the zoo has decided to focus on displaying wildlife and native species from Southeast Asia that is threatened.

This article has been published on Kompas.com under the title "The First Polar Bears Born in the Tropical Area of ​​Today's Dead Dissigned", https://sains.kompas.com/read/2018/04/25/173500623/bench-pubs born-in-the-tropical-inject-die-day-this-region.
Author: Michael Hangga Wismabrata
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