“…It is normal for ingested foreign bodies to perforate the wall of the gastrointestinal tract and end up causing granulomatous lesions in the abdomen (Hoefer and Levitan, 2013;Papazoglou et al, 2010). Hartman et al (2015) have recently reported a thorn induced pyogranulomatous lesion in the abdomen of a cheetah. It has been shown by previous workers that pollution of the environment with items such as litter, plastics and old toys has been associated with increased ingestion of these indigestible materials by livestock (Mushonga et al, 2015), pets (Boag et al, 2005;Hayes, 2009;Hobday et al, 2014;Papazoglou et al, 2010;Tyrrell and Beck, 2006) birds (Hoefer and Levitan, 2013) and even marine animals (De Majo et al, 2016).…”