Sri Lankan doctor joins efforts to save elephant Madhubala in Karachi

KARACHI: Sri Lankan wildlife health specialist and veterinarian Dr Buddhika Bandara joined Four Paws’ expert Dr Amir Khalil and the Safari Park vet team on Friday to carry out a joint medical examination of the ailing elephant Madhubala. The foreign experts have been invited by local authorities after Safari Park vets failed to diagnose the factors behind Madhubala’s ongoing health crisis. The female African elephant has experienced drastic weight loss in recent months and collapsed twice in her enclosure. “Multiple bacterial and parasitic infections and the weakness that followed treatment…