Posted on 11/03/2020 10:23:23 AM PST by Towed_Jumper
Kumari, an 18-year-old Indian crested porcupine and one of the Phoenix Zoo's animal ambassadors, recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous mass that was found in her mammary glands. She is now recovering at the zoo's Animal Care Center.
The zoo announced the news on Friday to coincide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is recognized in October, and to remind people that animals can have breast cancer too, according to a news release.
Though considered to be rare, there are a few reports of breast cancer in porcupines, the zoo said.
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Agreed. You don’t see that everyday. I believe it’s a first on FR.
My mom’s husband is part owner of a few hundred acres in northern Michigan. They have lots of porcupine problems up there. They have a property rule that you must be armed so as to dispatch any porcupines immediately.
And some zoo does this?
In America 2020 porcupines get breast cancer treatment, but half the population is fed lies for news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID5irdY08xA
Pretty, and well armed.
A Porcupine?
Not a Cougar?
Are not all animals equal?
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