http://www.provincia.com.mx/27-07-2011/241332/
World | 27/07/2011 - 4:57 pm - Reading Time: 2 to 3 minutes
Die lion was the center of a campaign in Brazil
AP / Province
The Lion of 3 years and 140 kilograms limped last year after spending hours jumping and chasing balloons | Photo: AP
Sao Paulo .- Ariel, the lion was the center of an internet campaign to raise funds to pay treatment for paralysis, died Wednesday, his owner.
The lion's Facebook page, the owner Raquel Borges said: "Our beloved Ariel is gone. It is the saddest day of my life. " No further details were available at the moment.
The page on Facebook created by Borges had 61 thousand clicks on the button "I like it." The case of the lion was widely covered by the Brazilian press.
The vet Livia Pereira, who recently took care of Ariel, said that for unknown reasons, attacked the lion lymphocytes your healthy cells due to a degenerative disease that affects your bone, a portion of the brain stem involved in motor function.
The Lion, 3 years and 140 kilograms (310 pounds), began to limp last year after spending hours jumping and chasing balloons. Shortly after he could not move his hind legs. After a surgery that removed a herniated disk and could not move the front legs.
According to Pereira, Ariel symptoms were similar to those of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Guillain Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can cause paralysis, said Pereira.
World | 27/07/2011 - 4:57 pm - Reading Time: 2 to 3 minutes
Die lion was the center of a campaign in Brazil
AP / Province
The Lion of 3 years and 140 kilograms limped last year after spending hours jumping and chasing balloons | Photo: AP
Sao Paulo .- Ariel, the lion was the center of an internet campaign to raise funds to pay treatment for paralysis, died Wednesday, his owner.
The lion's Facebook page, the owner Raquel Borges said: "Our beloved Ariel is gone. It is the saddest day of my life. " No further details were available at the moment.
The page on Facebook created by Borges had 61 thousand clicks on the button "I like it." The case of the lion was widely covered by the Brazilian press.
The vet Livia Pereira, who recently took care of Ariel, said that for unknown reasons, attacked the lion lymphocytes your healthy cells due to a degenerative disease that affects your bone, a portion of the brain stem involved in motor function.
The Lion, 3 years and 140 kilograms (310 pounds), began to limp last year after spending hours jumping and chasing balloons. Shortly after he could not move his hind legs. After a surgery that removed a herniated disk and could not move the front legs.
According to Pereira, Ariel symptoms were similar to those of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Guillain Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can cause paralysis, said Pereira.