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Bristol Zoo's
most famous resident has been given a lifetime supply of her favourite
skin cream.
Like most women
in their 40's, the Asian elephant's skin benefits from a daily moisture
boost.
As she has aged,
her skin has naturally become more wrinkled and scaly.
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is much hairier - a sign that the treatment has been successful. |
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Sharon
Redrobe, Zoo Veterinary Officer
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In tropical
climes, Wendy would have had dust baths more often,
and her skin would not have become so dry.
Two years ago,
the elephant was diagnosed with a condition called Hyperkeratosis,
which means she has very dry skin.
Since then her
keeper at the zoo has been mixing three bottles of moisturiser with
water and squirting it over her at bath time.
And according
to Sharon Redrobe, Zoo
Veterinary Officer,
the cream is working wonders on Wendy's skin.
"She is
now much hairier, a sign that the treatment has been successful,"
she told the website that loves Bristol.
The dermatology
company which supplied the skin cream for Wendy has decided to donate
a lifetime's supply to ensure she keeps her new glowing complexion.
Apart from having
dry skin, Wendy has enjoyed good health.
She came to
live at the Zoo from her native Thailand in 1961 when she was just
one year old.
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