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First brown bear to undergo brain surgery emerges from semi-hibernation

Three-year-old brown bear Boki, who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October, has emerged from semi-hibernation ‘looking brilliant, happy and healthy’ (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Three-year-old brown bear Boki, who underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October, has emerged from semi-hibernation ‘looking brilliant, happy and healthy’ (Gareth Fuller/PA)

By Ben Mitchell, PA

Today at 01:01

A brown bear which underwent pioneering, life-saving brain surgery in October has emerged from semi-hibernation “looking brilliant, happy and healthy”.

Three-year-old Boki, who lives at Wildwood Trust, near Canterbury, Kent, had been suffering from seizures which were believed to be caused by hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain).

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