{"id":447193,"date":"2026-02-26T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447193\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:21:07","slug":"ct-scans-provide-vital-answers-for-animals-at-smardens-big-cat-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447193\/","title":{"rendered":"CT scans provide vital answers for animals at Smarden&#8217;s Big Cat Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">CT scans given to a tiger, a cheetah and a leopard have delivered vital answers to their &#8220;unexplained and persistent mobility issues&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amur tiger Luca, mainland clouded leopard Django and cheetah Mo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crklzpy2rylo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had the scans at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent, in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The sanctuary said the scans had provided invaluable clarity, allowing keepers to refine treatment plans and make informed decisions that would help safeguard the animals&#8217; long-term welfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While some findings require ongoing management, the CT scan has delivered exactly what keepers at The Big Cat Sanctuary had hoped for: answers,&#8221; said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CT scans given to a tiger, a cheetah and a leopard have delivered vital answers to their &#8220;unexplained&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-447193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}