Meet Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant at the Kiev Zoo that recently underwent complex pedicure. A delegation of German veterinarians coming from the Munich Zoo took their tools out, sedated the big champ and started their cosmetic work.
Kiev, Ukraine, -A German veterinarian gives a "pedicure" to heavily sedated Boy, a 39-year-old Asian elephant at the Kiev Zoo.
Vets brought in from the Munich Zoo helped trim the animal's nails, which had grown too long, the Daily Mail reported. If elephant nails grow too long, the resultinig cracks can lead to health problems.
— Photograph by Sergei Supinsky/AFP/ Getty Images
Kiev, Ukraine, -A German veterinarian gives a "pedicure" to heavily sedated Boy, a 39-year-old Asian elephant at the Kiev Zoo.
Vets brought in from the Munich Zoo helped trim the animal's nails, which had grown too long, the Daily Mail reported. If elephant nails grow too long, the resultinig cracks can lead to health problems.
— Photograph by Sergei Supinsky/AFP/ Getty Images
