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Post by lynn on Jul 5, 2010 18:27:01 GMT -5
womansday.ninemsn.com.au/lifestyle/truelifestories/1079720/worlds-first-bionic-catLet’s not pussyfoot around – Oscar the cat is a walking miracle. The lucky two-year-old has a good eight lives left in him, thanks to the groundbreaking “bionic” surgery that has given him back his two hind legs. Owners Kate Allan and Mike Nolan feared the worst when a passer-by found the much-loved moggy shocked and bleeding in a nearby field, both his back feet apparently sliced off by a corn thresher.
“It was very traumatic. I was convinced we were going to have to put him down,” recalls Mike of the horrifying incident. While cats can live quite happily with three legs, losing two almost always spells the end. But not for Oscar, who is the beneficiary of radical new implant surgery that has given him two bouncy titanium feet, specially made to wobble, so he can walk, run and even jump without discomfort. While the rubber-soled implants cost nearly $3000 each, and Oscar has required nine months of residential vet rehabilitation, Kate says she has no regrets about saving her cat. There's a little video with this story too. See Gilbert, the robot cats are coming for you, the day of the Crazy Cat Lady is coming!!!!
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