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Lion (Panthera leo) with an injured eye. Andrei Snyman, researcher treats the eye. The eye has had a traumatic event, perhaps a claw/thorn causing a penetrating corneal lesion which has resulted in a pan-opthamia (generalized infection of the eye) with subsequent migration of healing cells and fluid into the cornea (blue color) and vascularization ( blood vessel infiltration) which is an attempt by the body to heal the lesion - unfortunately it has also resulted in a glaucoma (swelling of the eye) - the outcome of which is - even if the cornea heals he will probably end up permanently blind with the eye eventually collapsing and shriveling up. Mashatu Game Reserve. Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana
Researcher covering they eyes of a Lion (Panthera leo) during capture for translocation. Phinda / Munyawana / Zuka Game Reserve. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa
Lion (Panthera leo). Mpumalanga. South Africa.
