Calgary Zoo’s Bactrian camel receiving treatment for skin lesions
Posted Oct 2, 2022 5:14 pm.
Last Updated Oct 2, 2022 8:16 pm.
The Bactrian camel “Ollie” at the Calgary zoo is receiving treatment for skin lesions that have been slow to heal.
The camel has temporarily moved to the zoo’s offsite Wild Conservation Center where he’ll be getting treatment, the zoo tweeted Saturday.
Bactrian camel, ‘Ollie’, has temporarily moved to our offsite Wildlife Conservation Centre where he is receiving treatment and care for some skin lesions that have been slow to heal.???? Ollie will rejoin us when he is ready. In the meantime, you can still visit 'Zsa Zsa' (????). pic.twitter.com/dwesPQ84MR
— Calgary Zoo (@calgaryzoo) October 1, 2022
“Ollie will rejoin us when he is ready,” said the zoo in a tweet.
Calgary zoo has three Bactrian camels: Zsa Zsa, Ollie and Evaalso.
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“Camels have been domesticated for millennia throughout Central Asia,” said the zoo.
However, Bactrian camels are threatened by overhunting, climate change, and industrial expansion into the areas where they live. There are fewer than 1,000 adults remaining in the deserts of China and Mongolia.
“The Calgary zoo camels are ambassadors for their wild cousins, and your visits can help spread the story of these giants of the dry,” said the zoo on their Facebook page.
