A young rhino named Amara at England’s Knowsley Safari recently underwent the world's first surgery for a fractured leg.

Veterinary medicine is a difficult field at the best of times, considering that the majority (but not all) of their patients can’t talk. It becomes even more difficult when serious health issues require surgery,

Amara, an 800 kg southern white rhino at a safari park in northwest England, has received what has been described as a "groundbreaking" medical operation to help heal a broken front leg.

A young resident rhino at England’s Knowsley Safari received surgery for a fractured leg, in what was believed to be the first-ever procedure of its kind.Knowsley Safari said several months ago its staff noticed Amara,

It seems like the setup to a joke: how do you perform leg surgery on a southern white rhinoceros’ leg? The truth is the same as the likely punchline: very carefully. That was the case for Amara, a two-year-old rhino living in an English zoo,

Dr. David Stack, an equine veterinary surgeon, led the team that conducted keyhole surgery to repair a white rhino’s fractured leg near Liverpool, England.