veterinary – adj. relating to the medical care and treatment of animals

in the bush - expression (especially in Australia, Africa, and Canada) wild or undeveloped countryside

rehabilitate - v. to bring back to a normal, healthy condition after a sickness, injury, or drug problem

leopard tortoise - n. a large and tortoise marked with yellow and black found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape

python - n. a very large snake that kills the animals it eats by wrapping itself around them

otter - n. an animal that has dark brown fur and webbed feet with claws and that eats fish

pet – n. an animal that is kept for pleasure instead of usefulness

pangolin - n. a mammal that has a body covered with horny overlapping scales and a long sticky tongue for catching ants and termites

scales - n. small thin plates that cover the bodies of some animals