Boki the brown bear is making progress after pioneering brain surgery

The two-year-old bear had been suffering from seizures which were believed to be caused by hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain)

Two-year-old brown bear Boki in his enclosure at the Wildwood Trust in Canterbury, Kent, as he recovers from surgery to drain fluid from his brain, the first time an operation of the kind had been carried out in the Britain. Pictures: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

A brown bear in Kent who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October has made a "very encouraging" recovery after six weeks of rehabilitation.

Boki became the first brown bear on record to have brain surgery, according to Wildwood Trust.