A young resident rhino at England’s Knowsley Safari received surgery for a fractured leg, in what was believed to be the first-ever procedure of its kind.Knowsley Safari said several months ago its staff noticed Amara,

Veterinary medicine is a difficult field at the best of times, considering that the majority (but not all) of their patients can’t talk. It becomes even more difficult when serious health issues require surgery,

A young rhino named Amara at England’s Knowsley Safari recently underwent the world's first surgery for a fractured leg.

Amara, an 800 kg southern white rhino at a safari park in northwest England, has received what has been described as a "groundbreaking" medical operation to help heal a broken front leg.

It seems like the setup to a joke: how do you perform leg surgery on a southern white rhinoceros’ leg? The truth is the same as the likely punchline: very carefully. That was the case for Amara, a two-year-old rhino living in an English zoo,

Dr. David Stack, an equine veterinary surgeon, led the team that conducted keyhole surgery to repair a white rhino’s fractured leg near Liverpool, England.