Vets in Ethiopia remove 50 kg of plastic from cow’s stomach
After three hours of surgery, a team of six vets have removed 50 kg of plastic from a cow.
27 July 2020
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According to reporting in the BBC, the vets report that the cow is alive and in good health.
Dr Firaol Waaqoo, one of the vets who performed the surgery, told the BBC, “cows can ingest plastics because of lack of pasture or minerals and the way people disposing of plastic materials is also becoming a problem for the health of livestock.”
In June, the cow’s owner brought a different cow to the vets who removed 20 kg of plastic from its gut. Dr Firaol explained that since the group helped the farmer before, they had built trust.
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