Most regular veterinarians spend their time around dogs and cats, but unusual things can happen. And this was Dr. Barani's experience.

Lions in the local zoo had caught Covid and volunteers were required to care for them. It's not as if Covid was not already causing havoc.

Here, the problems were multifold. As Dr. Barani says: We had some 12 lions who tested positive for COVID. The lions come under a family called cats. C -A -T -S. Big cats. Right. Okay. Actually, felines. So, like how a cat gets COVID virus. the lion can also get a COVID virus. One of the zookeepers had COVID and he passed on to the lion. So, we had 12 lions that were positive for COVID and we needed to treat them.

It took us one and a half days to actually organize a treatment for them because you cannot restrain them. They are horribly aggressive. Plus they a ...