Forest Trailhead, Woodland Park Zoo — Other Tree Kangaroos On View
An endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is recovering after veterinarians amputated her right arm to stop a rapidly spreading bacterial infection. Poppy, a young female who will turn 3 next month, underwent the surgery the week before the diagnosis became public, after a CT scan showed the infection advancing through one of the bones in her forearm.
According to KOMO, the trouble first surfaced in late August, when Poppy’s animal care team noticed she was holding up her right front foot while moving around her habitat. The zoo’s animal health team performed a diagnostic exam under anesthesia and found the bacterial infection in one of her forearm bones. Per the zoo, it remains unclear when or how Poppy contracted the infection…