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Lion

Big Animal Surgery Series 1
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Liz Bonnin travels to a sanctuary in South Africa to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion.

Liz Bonnin takes us inside the dramatic world of big animal surgery. This time, she travels to a sanctuary in South Africa to witness an extraordinary operation inside the jaws of Ricci, a nine-year-old rescued lion. Ricci has problems with his teeth so severe they are preventing him from feeding. It takes one of the world鈥檚 leading vets using an array of specially-made tools to fix them. But the story takes a dangerous twist as Ricci begins to wake up from the anaesthetic mid-surgery.

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Thu 30 Apr 2020 23:30
主播大秀 Two

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    Christian Telford

    To Be Eternal

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Presenter Liz Bonnin
Series Producer Peter Oxley

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