Oscar Puss-torious

6/25/2010 12:02:00 pm BenefitScroungingScum 4 Comments


 Photograph by Jim Incledon PA, Guardian 25/06/2010

A cat that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester has been given two prosthetic limbs in a pioneering operation by a UK vet.


4 comments:

Fire Byrd said...

That is some scary looking cat never mind the peg legs.
xx

4:10 pm
Anonymous said...

I wouldn't like to think of cats being used as guinea pigs. We can only hope they tested this on humans first.

9:10 pm
Lankylonglegs-Jo said...

I read about this in the paper and was delighted to see that Oscar has not only been saved but that he can now get on with the rest of his life with no problems in jumping and running.

I feel that those that think it's a waste of money are only jealous of the fact that his owner can afford to have it done, and I take my hat off to the Vet that did an excellent job saving a lovely puss and giving him back his life.

Hopefully this pioneering surgery will help surgeons for the future and hopefully grant a whole new lease on life for many many more animals and people alike.

7:33 am
steph said...

Lovely story!

It reminds me of the Boursin ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCp1BBEOlI0

Thankfully, Oscar had a happier outcome.

The vet's name sounds decidedly Irish?

2:55 pm

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