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Animals with disabilities continue to move with the prosthesis (14 photos)




If your pet had an accident in the first place need to realize that a physical defect - it's not a death sentence for the animal, it's not a reason to leave him or deprive him of his life. Most animal for any reason loses one of the limbs. But these animals do not feel inferior, they are perfectly adapted to walk on three legs. To help your pet with a disability to return to a normal life is not that complicated. There are special wheelchairs for pets, lightweight and durable, easy to handle and for the animals and for the host. In this age of prosthetic make progress even for elephants and birds.




1. Hopp, a four mixed-breed dog, who was born without front legs, uses a prosthesis for walking outdoors in Tel Aviv, February 28, 2010 The device was invented especially for Hoppe student who loves animals, who hopes that his devices will improve the lives of animals with congenital anomalies or amputees. (Photo by Amir Cohen / Reuters)


2. Martin Kaufman, owner and founder of OrthoPets, looks at the former stray dog ​​named Snow, who must amputate his right leg to prepare for an artificial lower leg and foot, in Denver February 20, 2013 the Company OrthoPets creates artificial limbs for animals. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)


3. Naki'o, mixed breed dog with four prosthetic goes for a run in Colorado Springs, April 12, 2013 Naki'o lost four legs after frostbite when she was thrown a puppy in a closed house. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)


4. Yorkshire terrier named Hope demonstrates his uni-wheel attached to the dog's vest, in Longmont, Colorado April 21, 2013 Hope has one limb and can walk with the help of the attached wheels. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)


5. 25-year-old female turtle named Yu swims after the 27th pair of prosthetic flippers in the water park Suma Aqualife in Kobe, western Japan February 11, 2013. Life for Yu looked grim when it hit the Japanese fishing nets five years ago, and her front flippers were crushed after a confrontation with a shark. Now the aquarium keepers in the western Japanese city of Kobe are struggling with the high-tech solution that will allow 25-year-old turtle swim again. After many years of work and 27 models of prosthetic fin, while these efforts are unsuccessful. (Photo by Reuters / Suma Aqualife Park)


6. The caretaker keeps an artificial tail fin female bottlenose dolphin Fuji, with an estimated 37 years in Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu, on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa February 14, 2007 Fuji has lost 75% of the tail fin from an unknown illness in 2002. A dolphin can swim and jump, using an artificial tail fin, which is believed to be the world's first artificial fin for a dolphin that has been developed by veterinarians and the largest tire manufacturer Bridgestone Co, officials said. (Photo by Issei Kato / Reuters)


7. In dog named Lemon pie two denture front legs, he lives in a shelter Milagros Kaninos for stray dogs in Mexico City August 29, 2012 "The members of drug gangs in the Mexican state of Zacatecas chopped off the legs of lemon, cut off fingers from practicing abductees" - says founder Milagros Kaninos Patricia Ruiz. Fresnillo residents found Limon in the blood and no legs in the basket. After first aid, they managed to get him to Milagros Kaninos - an association that rehabilitates dogs affected by deadly violence. Dentures were made by OrthoPets of Denver, United States, after the shelter was able to collect more than $ 6,000. (Photo by Tomas Bravo / Reuters)


8. Oscar - the cat, whose hind legs were cut off the combine. The two-year Oscar can walk again after having received artificial limbs during the world's first operation of this kind. Oscar got a pair of dentures from a veterinarian Noel Fitzpatrick, who used the technique developed by a team at University College London. (Photo by Reuters / Handout)


9. 48-year-old female elephant named Motala walks with newly attached prosthetic leg in the hospital for elephants in Lampang province, north of Bangkok August 16, 2009 The front left leg was crippled Motala, after she stepped on a landmine on the Myanmar-Thai border 10 years ago. (Photo by Phichaiyong Mayerku / Reuters)


10. Seven-year cat-Chichi help disabled to walk through the device during the "Cat 2002" in the western Turkish city of Izmir, December 29, 2002 Chichi became disabled after an accident two months before the show. (Photo by Reuters)


11. Zwick, a wounded female turtle walks through the newly attached wheels at the hospital for wild animals in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv January 5 2011. About two months ago, Zwick came under the lawnmower, which caused serious damage to the shell and spinal injury that affected her ability to use their hind limbs. Wheels, attached by veterinarians at the safari, and keep the shell turtle doyut ability to walk. (Photo by Nir Elias / Reuters)


12. Marco van den Boom sets the wheel medical wheelchair for the French Bulldog Billy headquarters «'Rehatechnik fuer Tiere" (medical equipment for animals) in the western city of Witten November 9, 2012 Four Billy, whose hind legs are paralyzed from birth for the first time tried to move around in a wheelchair on Friday. Owner «Rehatechnik fuer Tiere» Marco van den Boom has been building wheelchairs for people and the infirm dogs and animals to help them move around. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / Reuters)


13. Chris P. Bacon, pictured on February 12, 2013, in the East Side Veterinary Hospital in Clermont, Fla., was born without hind legs. Last month, the owner took the pig to the vet in Clermont, who decided to help a little pet. Dr. Len Lucera took the pig home and made for him a wheelchair with parts of toys. (Photo by Tom Benitez / Orlando Sentinel / MCT)





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