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Seal Named “Northlands”, Set To Leave IslandMonday, March 20, 2023
The seal who was found on Clearwater Beach last month has officially been named Northlands — with Ruby Dill naming the seal after her granddaughter’s school — and Northlands will soon be traveling to the USA with the aim he continue his rehabilitation before being released back into the wild.
Plans Being Made To Send Seal To The USA
Saturday, March 18, 2023
The seal that was found in Bermuda last month — which is only a few weeks old — is “eating six pounds of fish a day, gaining weight, and generally doing well,” and plans are being made to send him to the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, with the same facility that accepted the seal that was found here in 2019, set to assist again.
BZS Trunk Island Cottage Receives Upgrade!
Friday, March 17, 2023
Thanks to the unwavering support of our donors, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) has recently completed renovations to the cottage on Trunk Island – the BZS Living Classroom, the jewel in the crown of BZS education. The renovations have expanded the footprint of the current island classroom to encompass an expansion of the sheltered porches for outdoor learning while also providing storage areas for teaching tools.
Over 500 People Attend Lionfish Chowder Event
Friday, February 24, 2023
Chiko&T’s Restaurant won both the People’s Choice and Judge’s Awards at the BZS Lionfish Chowder competition, while The Cloud at the Waterfront, Wahoo’s Bistro, the Loren and the Spot Restaurant claimed second and third place honours.
HSBC Announced as Lead Sponsor of BZS Micro Forest Project
Monday, February 20, 2023
With the impacts of climate change being felt more and more each year, the need for reforestation projects has arguably never been more important and urgent. The Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) today announced that HSBC has thrown its weight behind increasing Bermuda’s biodiversity, as Lead Sponsor of the BZS Micro Forest Project – Bermuda's Official Micro Forest Initiative.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
Simon Jones
Published Feb 23, 2016 at 8:00 am (Updated Feb 23, 2016 at 6:34 am)
Surprise patient: Alice, 29, is recovering well after high-risk
surgery to remove one of her teeth, with Dr Len Wedlich
Saturday was not a typical day at the office for dentist Len Wedlich.
Instead of the traditional men, women and children nursing sore teeth he was faced with a very different patient of the four-legged variety.
Dr Wedlich from Island Dental was enlisted by the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo to help treat a lemur suffering from a nasty root abscess.
He voluntarily joined forces with Ian Walker, BAMZ curator, to remove two lower-level teeth under anaesthetic and help Alice the lemur get her appetite back.
“I did a little bit of research before the surgery on the structure of a lemur’s jaws,” Dr Wedlich said.
“There are the same landmarks as a human’s jaws, so it was not a particularly difficult procedure.
“It only took about seven minutes to remove the tooth that was causing the problems, but we were very much aware of the animal’s age and her heart condition and tried to keep the amount of anaesthetic to a minimum.
“It’s the first time I have operated on a lemur so it was an unusual job, however in the past I did some dental work on a friend’s doberman pincher.”
Staff had noticed that Alice, one of three lemurs in the Malaysia exhibit, was off her food and quieter than usual last Wednesday.
As a result Dr Walker undertook a full physical examination that revealed the cause of the trouble.
He then contacted his dentist, Dr Wedlich, who is also the husband of the zoo’s animal registrar, Barbara Outerbridge’s, to see if he could help.
At 9am on Saturday the two doctors begun the tricky job of removing the animal’s troublesome tooth.
“It was a high risk surgery given the fact that Alice is 29 years old and she has a heart murmur,” said Dr Walker.
“In the wild lemurs live between 19 and 21 years old so Alice is pretty mature in terms of years.
“However we felt this was the best option for her welfare given that she was not eating and was obviously in pain.
“The surgery itself went very well and we had to remove two teeth just to be sure that we had dealt with the problem.
“From our point of view it is brilliant to call on people with this level of expertise and equipment to perform such procedures voluntarily.
“Alice is doing well and we hope to be able to let her back into the enclosure this week.”