The present paper reveals a rare incidence in which a Sloth Bear attacked a lady in Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India and enucleated her eye in such a way that it is perfectly suitable for transplantation. Though the accidental whole globe Enucleation by the wild animal is an unfortunate incidence of human-animal conflict, it draws our attention towards few natural clues. The incidence is rare of its kind because it resulted in a surgically perfect whole globe Enucleation and the enucleated globe got preserved overnight in open in a fit for transplantation condition. This might have occurred due to coincidence of few chance factors like typical shape of the Sloth Bear’s claws, accidental-perfect mounting and natural moist chamber effect provided by the local weather.
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Chhaya Bhatnagar, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology,Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001, Rajasthan, India.
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Rubin Philip, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001, Rajasthan, India.
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Deependra Singh Shekhawat, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology,Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313 001, Rajasthan, India.
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