Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Leopard Gets a Root Canal

Sometimes as a news photographer we get chances to take photos of stuff that is really cool. Last Saturday morning before heading to Provo to photograph the state 5A swimming championships, I had the opportunity to swing by Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah and photograph a veterinary dentist giving one of the resident leopards named Vladamere, a root canal. Even though we were separated by a wall and had to take photos through a plexiglass window of the surgery, it was amazing to see this beautiful animal so up-close and personal.

For the safety of those performing the surgery and that of the animal itself, the big cat is sedated during the procedure.

Here are a few photos from this.








more to come.....


1 comment:

Amanda said...

these are way cool! what an awesome opportunity!