Singapore: The penguins given world-first cataract surgery

[Still Waters]

From the largest aviary in Asia they went, sitting in buckets filled with ice to keep them cool while transported in air-conditioned vans.

A quick 30km (19-mile) drive later, the three king penguins and three Humboldt penguins had arrived at a clinic in Singapore's east.

There, a five-person veterinary team were waiting to perform a delicate eye procedure, thought to be a world first for penguins.

MWG has carried out cataract surgeries on other geriatric animals like sea lions and orangutans in the past. It has also adopted innovations such as printing 3D protective shoes for birds of prey, in order to treat a potentially fatal foot disease.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64973420