Celebrity kangaroo undergoes surgery

Aspiring animal actor stuck his snout into wolf pen

	Feznick the Kangaroo had lip surgery after a wolf at his Hollywood animal farm gave him a chomp.
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updated 10:50 a.m. ET Feb. 8, 2006

MOORPARK, Calif. - Feznick, an aspiring celebrity kangaroo, underwent lip surgery because he was bitten by a wolf at a Hollywood animal farm.

The 75-pound kangaroo underwent plastic surgery on Sunday and veterinarians say the marsupial will soon be ready to resume his acting career.

Feznick is an aspiring actor who often appears at corporate events and was on the red carpet for the opening of last year’s movie flop “Kangaroo Jack,” his owner Eadie McMullan said.

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Last year, Feznick stuck his snout under a fence at a Kern County farm for Hollywood animals and was bitten by a wolf, leaving the 4-year-old kangaroo with a toothy, Billy Idol-style sneer, veterinarian Scott Amsel said.

Surgery on Sunday turned Feznick’s muzzle back into a fuzzy, made-for-TV, face.

Westlake Village plastic surgeon Dr. Theodore Corwin performed the two-hour lip surgery, the first time he’s ever worked on an animal. He didn’t charge for Feznick’s lip repair.

“It looks like people surgery in a way,” said surgical nurse Jeanine Rich, “except the patient is a little hairier.”