by Elizabeth Davis

Lu seemed subdued, quiet, not like his normally outgoing self. People around him grew concerned.

He began dragging one foot and then the other, developing sores on both.

Then came the doctors.

An MRI revealed Lu, a 35-year-old chimpanzee at Zoo Knoxville, had a tumor on his spinal cord. Specialists at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM) first thought radiation would be the best course of action. But Dr. Talisha Moore, a clinical assistant professor and veterinary neurosurgeon, had another thought.

The full story is in Our Tennessee magazine.