A peacock was attacked by a dog several weeks ago in southern India, necessitating a lengthy recovery culminating in a two-hour surgery yesterday (December 2).

At a village near the city of Salem in Karnataka, people rushed out after hearing the peacock's painful screams, finding it in a pool of blood. The villagers put mud on the peacock’s as a local way to reduce pain and called the forest department.

Within 30 minutes officials reached the spot and took the peacock to a veterinary hospital, where doctors did a through check up and found that it required surgery. The peacock was then finally shifted to Amulya Veterinary hospital in Salem.

After two weeks, the surgery was successfully completed, with the operation taking almost two hours. After fully recovering the peacock will be released back into the forest.

A peacock was attacked by a dog few weeks back in southern India of Salem Village in Karnataka .After the attack nearby people living in village heard the painful screams of peacock . Villagers rushed to spot and found peacock in pool of blood , they called forest department and told them about incident in next 30 minutes forest officials reached spot and took the peacock to the forest veterinary hospital , till forest officials arrived villagers put mud on peacock’s injury , it’s a local way to minimize pain .at veterinary hospital doctors did a through check up and found that she needs a surgery , from there peacock shifted to Amulya Veterinary hospital in Salem After two weeks, the surgery was done successfully. The surgery was done for almost two hours on 02/12/18. The peacock will soon be released in the forest after it fully recovers.