Pets with disabilities continue to move with the help of prostheses

If your pet had an accident in the first place need to realize that physical disability - is not a death sentence for the animal, not a reason to him rasstatsya.Pomoch pet with a disability to return to normal life is not so difficult. There are special wheelchairs for animals, light and durable, easy to handle, and for the animals and for the host. In this age of progress dentures do even elephants and birds. Hopp, a four-dog of mixed breed, born without front legs, use a prosthesis for walking outdoors in Tel Aviv. The device was invented specifically for Hoppe student who loved animals, who hopes that his device will improve the lives of animals with congenital anomalies, or amputees. (Photo by Amir Cohen / Reuters)





Martin Kaufmann, owner and founder OrthoPets, looks at the former stray dog ​​named Snow, which have to amputate his right leg to prepare for the artificial lower leg and foot, in Denver on Feb. 20, 2013 Company OrthoPets makes artificial limbs for animals. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)



Naki'o goes for a jog in Colorado Springs. Naki'o lost four legs after frostbite when I was thrown a puppy in a closed building. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)



Yorkshire terrier named Hope demonstrates its Uni-wheel attached to the dog's vest, Longmont, Colorado. Hope does not have a limb and can walk with the help of the attached wheels. (Photo by Rick Wilking / Reuters)



25-year-old female turtle named Yu floats after receiving the 27th pair of prosthetic flippers in the water park Suma Aqualife in Kobe in western Japan. Yu hit the Japanese fishing nets five years ago, and its front flippers were crushed after a confrontation with a shark. Now the aquarium keepers are struggling with the high-tech solution that would allow 25-year-old turtle to swim again. While these efforts are unsuccessful. (Photo by Reuters / Suma Aqualife Park)



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



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



Oscar - the cat, whose hind legs were torn combine. Biennial Oscar can walk again after receiving his prosthesis during the world's first operation of this kind. Oscar got a pair of dentures Veterinarian Noel Fitzpatrick, who used the technique developed by a team at University College London. (Photo by Reuters / Handout)



48-year-old elephant named Motala walks with just connected a prosthetic leg at a hospital for elephants, Lampang Province, Tailand.Perednyaya Motala left leg was severely damaged, after she stepped on a landmine on the Myanmar-Thai border 10 years ago. (Photo by Phichaiyong Mayerku / Reuters)



Seven Years cat Chichi a disability helps to walk with the help of the device (during the "Cat Shows 2002"), Izmir, Turkey, December 29, 2002 Chichi left disabled after an accident that occurred two months before the exhibition. (Photo by Reuters)



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



Marco van den Boom sets the wheel of a medical wheelchair for French Bulldog Billy headquarters «'Rehatechnik fuer Tiere" .Chetyrehletny Billy, whose hind legs are paralyzed from birth, for the first time tried to move around in a wheelchair. Owner «Rehatechnik fuer Tiere» Marco van den Boom is developing a wheelchair for people and infirm animals. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / Reuters)



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



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