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Scotsman
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Arctic fox pups share blood-lolly birthday treat
This video More videos A super-sweet pack of Arctic Fox pups celebrate their first birthday - with a blood lolly. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Watch the moment when an adorable pack of Arctic Foxes share their favourite treat - an blood and fish ice lolly. The pups turned one year old, and celebrated with their mum, Flo, with the special cooling treat. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Arctic foxes share blood-lolly birthday treat | Wildwood Trust Sharing the wonderful clip on social media, a spokesperson for Wildwood Trust wrote: 'Last week, Flo and her pups shared a little birthday treat and a blood & fishy ice lolly (their fav!) Can't believe these pups are only one year old They're bigger than Flo.'
Scotsman
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Arctic fox pups share blood-lolly birthday treat
This video More videos A super-sweet pack of Arctic Fox pups celebrate their first birthday - with a blood lolly. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Watch the moment when an adorable pack of Arctic Foxes share their favourite treat - an blood and fish ice lolly. The pups turned one year old, and celebrated with their mum, Flo, with the special cooling treat. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Arctic foxes share blood-lolly birthday treat | Wildwood Trust Sharing the wonderful clip on social media, a spokesperson for Wildwood Trust wrote: 'Last week, Flo and her pups shared a little birthday treat and a blood & fishy ice lolly (their fav!) Can't believe these pups are only one year old They're bigger than Flo.'
Scotsman
16-05-2025
- Health
- Scotsman
Heartwarming reunion as Boki the bear plays with pals after brain surgery
This video More videos Watch the heartwarming moment when a beautiful rescued brown bear was reunited with his pals - seven months after life-saving brain surgery. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Heart-melting video (click to play above) shows the moment when a beloved brown bear reunited with his two pals - seven months after he had life-saving brain surgery. Boki wasted no time play-fighting with his old friends Fluff & Scruff - almost a year after they were separated. The rescue animal made history as the first brown bear to undergo life-saving brain surgery in October 2024. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Boki the brown bear's heart-warming reunion with pals at wildlife park after life-saving brain surgery | Wildwood Trust Watch the adorable footage of the trio back together - as Boki continues to recover from his pioneering operation at Wildwood Trust. Last year, Boki was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition where fluid builds up in the brain, and on Wednesday 9th October, led by world-renowned veterinary surgeon Romain Pizzi he had the life-saving operation to help drain the excess fluid. Boki's surgery was a success and has spent the past seven months recovering. Boki the brown bear back in his enclosure at Wildwood park | wildwood Boki was adopted in December 2022, as a 10-month old bear cub in desperate need of a home. After being rejected by his mother at just ten weeks old, Boki was hand-reared at Port Lympne. As he started to grow, it was clear he needed a new home where he could learn how to be a bear, somewhere he would have the space to play and explore, and other ears to teach him natural bear behaviours - so he moved into his new home at Wildwood.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Boki the bear reunited with his playmates after brain surgery
Boki, a three-year-old brown bear who had life-saving brain surgery - has been reunited with his friends Fluff and ScruffExperts say he's made a "remarkable recovery" from his operation - which was the first of its kind in the people looking after him at the Wildwood Trust near Canterbury in Kent, say they wasted no time reconnecting with his pals and they were soon play-fighting, just like they did before. Boki had the operation in October to help with some health issues that came from a build up of fluid on his was soon on the mend and by the time it came to hibernate, he was no longer taking the time it was safe for Boki to be put back with other bears, around a year had Forde, who is in charge of the bears at the Wildwood Trust, said reintroducing them would be a major moment in Boki's recovery but they had to be sure he "was strong enough before putting them back together". Fluff and Scruff both live at the conservation centre after being rescued and with help from the team, they have learned to do things they would do naturally in the Forde says that they both seemed to know something was wrong with Boki before the cause of his health issues were says now they are back together it's amazing how much "it has lifted all three of them" and the reunion has "seen a positive impact on Fluff and Scruff too".For now Boki will get plenty of play time with his pals during the day, but the team says there won't be any sleepovers just yet, so he doesn't keep them awake all night.
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Boki the bear re-joins friends at Wildwood after brain surgery
A brown bear who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October has rejoined his playmates after more than a year Boki, who lives at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, Kent, started suffering seizures last summer, which were believed to have been caused by hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain).It was decided that brain surgery was the best option for Boki, who went under the knife in spending the winter in semi-hibernation, he has now been able to re-join Wildwood's other two bears, Fluff and Scruff. World-leading veterinary surgeon Romain Pizzi, who waived his fee for the job, fitted a stent between Boki's brain and abdomen to help him pass the excess of bears at Wildwood, Jon Forde, said: "We had to be certain Boki was strong enough before putting them back together."He would often sit by the fence line, watching them, so we knew he missed them."But we were taken aback by just how much it has lifted all three of them. It's not just Boki who's benefited, we've seen a positive impact on Fluff and Scruff too."We'll continue to monitor their interactions carefully, but for now Boki will spend the day with them, then return to his own enclosure overnight, so he doesn't keep them awake all night." Boki was adopted from Port Lympne Reserve in Kent in 2022, after being rejected by his mother and hand-reared by at Wildwood taught him key bear behaviours and began integrating him with Fluff and Scruff, who had been rescued from horrific conditions in a Bulgarian hunting facility.
