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Added on the 02/08/2016 16:38:26 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Wounded dog is able to play with prosthetic legs, video footage from Soi Dog Foundation shows.
Banda Aceh, Mar 24 (EFE/EPA).- People in Indonesia's northwestern Aceh province received prosthetic legs Wednesday as part of the country's prosthetic leg donation program.The average price of a prosthetic leg in Indonesia varies from $200 to $1,000, making it unaffordable for some poor disabled people. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK).SHOT LIST: PROSTHETIC SPECIALISTS MEASURE THE LEG OF DISABLED PEOPLE DURING A PROSTHETIC LEG DONATION DRIVE FOR THE POOR IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.
This is Soekchen a bumbling secretary bird that got a new lease on life after being fitted with a prosthetic leg. This feathered friend suffered a trauma to her leg and vets had to remove the limb. However, she's bouncing around again in the Walsrode Bird Park thanks to her new artificial limb. Soekchen is clearly overjoyed with being able to walk again and grateful to her carers for getting her the help she needed. The four-year-old bird got the new prosthetic leg which was built with the same 3D-technologies as prosthetics for children. In order to create anything with a 3D printer, you first have to make a 3D design using special software. The design is then used by the printer as instructions to form the shape you want. 3D printers place small bits of plastic down as layers, starting from the bottom of the design and slowly adding more layers on top until its ready. And what could have been another sad story turned into the happy ending as Soeckchen immediately became a superstar of the park, attracting more and more visitors. It's no wonder - Soekchen's strange walk seems to have the love of life built into it.
Cola was grinning from ear to ear when he was fitted with prosthetics at a local animal shelter. The pup was only nine months old when a neighbor found him chewing on a pair of shoes in Bangkok and decided to hack off his legs with a sword about a decade ago. He has been legless ever since, that is, until the Soi Dog Foundation paid all medical expenses to get him up and running again.
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