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Popster · 01-18-2017, 04:42 PM

Hard to believe....but I have read other similar stories.........

I would attribute it to the Male's DNA....which is hard wired to protect children and females (humans are the main beast that ignores this imperative, but even then it is in the minority).

The cry of any youngster of any species is undeniably recognizable.....and triggers interest in the male.

Love the story

willie33 · 01-18-2017, 10:00 PM

That is truly heartwarming and amazing, Dancing Wolf. Smile

~~Linville~~ · 01-27-2017, 05:47 PM

Amputee cats given bionic paws in groundbreaking surgery

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[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)][img=319x0]safari-reader://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/science/2017/01/27/kitty-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq2F9SN3_GD3xfprQy3WBbygOzhdxU7ne7IueKqNYKSf0.jpg[/img]Pooh lost his hind legs in an accident Credit: NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images[/color]
Two cats have been given a new lease of life in what is thought to be a surgery first for Europe aside from Britain.
Black-and-white Pooh was given two new paws, after losing his legs after an accident at just one year old.
He can now walk and play normally, thanks to a veterinary surgeon giving him two artificial legs.
The leg implants are custom-made and "peg" the ankle to the foot much like the way deer antler bone grows through skin.

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Pooh and the other amputee cat Steven are both looking for new homes.
They can balance as usual on four paws and are both in great health after their recovery from their respective accidents.

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In 2010, a similar £50,000 surgery was performed on Oscar the cat in England.
His owners were referred by a vet on to Dr Noel Fitzpatrick, a Surrey-based neuro-orthopaedic surgeon.

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]Oscar and his bionic legs Credit: Jim Incledon/PA[/color]
The procedure to give him new legs took three hours. During it, the surgical team drilled the pegs into one of Oscar's ankle bones on each leg.
They then coated the prosthetics with hydroxyapatite to encourage bone cells to grow onto the metal.

The skin then grows over an "umbrella" at the end to prevent potentially fatal infection, and the peg protrudes through the bone and skin, which allows the custom-built paws to be attached.

It seems this surgery is now being mimicked in other countries around the world — perhaps in the future it could become more affordable and readily available, so cats who are hit by cars no longer have to limp or drag a set of wheels behind them.
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