Holistic medicine professional tries acupuncture on sedated Pedang, a 14 yr-old tiger, suffers who from chronic ear infection
Tel Aviv Zoological Center: This is the 1st time Chinese medicine is used on an animal, antibiotics failed to cure the infection.
The 14-year-old tiger, named Pedang, suffers from a chronic ear infection. On Sunday, a holistic medicine professional tried acupuncture on him, pricking him with several pink needles in his ear and in other points on his body.

Ancient Chinese secret: Tiger gets acupuncture. – Photo: AP
Veterinarians are trying acupuncture to cure a Sumatran tiger at an Israeli zoo.
The tiger was sedated during the treatment.
The Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan said this was the first time it used Chinese medicine on an animal. The zoo said other conventional treatments, like antibiotics, failed to cure the infection, which has lasted more than a year.
Mor Mosinzon, who treated Pedang, said the acupuncture was meant to strengthen his immune system and open his ear canals so that his body can better absorb the antibiotics.
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