Vets and animal experts from FOUR PAWS International, a global animal welfare organisation, performed a dental procedure on Madhubala, a 16-year-old elephant, at the zoo in Karachi.
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IMAGE: Madhubala reacts after receiving a dart for sedation before the dental procedure. All Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
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IMAGE: Experts from Four Paws with Madhubala.
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IMAGE: Amir Khalil, director, project development at Four Paws International, along with experts perform the dental procedure.
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IMAGE: A view of the procedure being carried out.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
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