Vet calls for urgent medical care for elephants in Pakistan

Pakistani zookeepers take care of elephants, which were examined by veterinarians from the global animal welfare group, Four Paws, at Karachi Zoo (AP)

The head of a team of vets has called for urgent medical care for a pair of elephants in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.

Dr Frank Goeritz, whose team was dispatched by the Four Paws global animal welfare group to examine four elephants in total, reported that one the creatures needs a “complicated” surgery to remove damaged and infected tusks.