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zombola
03-19-2015, 12:09 PM
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Reuters / Tuesday, March 17, 2015
An eight-month-old cat walks with the help of a prosthetic two-wheel device, at a veterinary hospital in Chongqing municipality, China March 16, 2015. The cat lost the use of its rear legs after falling from the ninth to fifth floor of a building last November. It has since undergone four major surgeries which included removing parts of its organs, local media reported. REUTERS/China Daily



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Reuters / Friday, April 26, 2013
Naki'o, a mixed-breed dog with four prosthetic devices, goes for a run in Colorado Springs April 12, 2013. Naki'o lost all four feet to frostbite when he was abandoned as a puppy in a foreclosed home. REUTERS/Rick Wilking



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Reuters / Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Hofesh, an injured male green sea turtle, swims in a pool after an artificial fin was attached to his back at the Israel Sea Turtle Rescue Center, in Michmoret, Israel April 9, 2014. The turtle was brought to the center missing both limbs on the left side of its body, but the artificial fin, designed by an industrial design student, Shlomi Gez, was attached to Hofesh's back, offering stability and a more permanent solution


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Reuters / Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The piglet known as Chris P. Bacon examines its new wheelchair on the office floor of veterinarian and owner Len Lucerno in Clermont, Florida February 13, 2013. The piglet's hind legs are deformed and Dr. Lucero had fashioned a wheelchair out of K'nex toys to help the piglet walk. REUTERS/Scott Audette



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Reuters / Friday, April 26, 2013
Martin Kaufmann, owner and founder of animal prosthetics maker OrthoPets, looks over a former stray dog named Snow, which had to have a right foot amputated to prepare for its artificial leg and foot in Denver February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking






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Reuters / Thursday, January 06, 2011
A veterinarian places Tzvika, an injured female turtle, on a carpet at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel January 5, 2011. About two months ago Tzvika was run over by a lawn mower, suffering severe damage to its shell and a spinal injury that affected its ability to use her rear limbs. The wheels, attached by veterinarians at the Safari, elevate the turtle to keep the shell from being worn down

zombola
03-26-2015, 01:41 PM
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Three-years-old dog Hope uses a wheelchair to run next to its owner Regine Grosinger in Vienna September 3, 2014. Hope was found with cut-off back legs in the countryside and brought to an animal asylum when it was four-month-old. Grosinger took the dog home two months later and had a wheelchair manufactured for it. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader


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A female elephant named Motala walks on her newly attached prosthetic leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, Thailand August 16, 2009. Motala's front left leg was maimed after it stepped on a landmine at the Myanmar-Thai border 10 years ago. REUTERS/Phichaiyong Mayerku


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A stray dog from an area hit by an earthquake tries to walk with a home-made walker at a shelter for homeless dogs and cats in Shuangliu County, Sichuan province, China June 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Condor
03-26-2015, 04:10 PM
Why you post those heartbreaking pics???.. Makes me sad poor things.