Paws for thought: pioneering surgery puts cat back on his feetSam Jones, The Guardian, Friday 25 June 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/25/oscar-cat-artifical-paws-pioneering-surgery
Oscar the cat can put a collision with a combine harvester behind him as custom-made implants provide new back paws
Oscar is probably not faster or stronger than he was before but he is certainly more bionic. Oscar lost is legs while he was enjoying the sun at an open field unaware of the combine harvester steaming towards his hind paws. Luckily he is back on his feet thanks to a world-first operation, Oscar is the first cat in the world with custom-made paw implants. Oscar is a case of science copying the natural world. The veterinary surgical team inserted the pegs by drilling them into one of Oscar's ankle bones in each of his back paws. The cat’s skin grows over a special "umbrella" at the end of the peg to form a seal against bacteria and potentially fatal infections.
Thank god for science! If my cat would have had a accident as horrible as this one, I would want her to have implants like Oscar has. Without the implants he would have been much more depended on humans because it harder to move around without his back paws. As human beings we have more power than animals, we should use our power and knowledge make their lives comfortable and help them were possible.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/25/oscar-cat-artifical-paws-pioneering-surgery
Oscar the cat can put a collision with a combine harvester behind him as custom-made implants provide new back paws
Oscar is probably not faster or stronger than he was before but he is certainly more bionic. Oscar lost is legs while he was enjoying the sun at an open field unaware of the combine harvester steaming towards his hind paws. Luckily he is back on his feet thanks to a world-first operation, Oscar is the first cat in the world with custom-made paw implants. Oscar is a case of science copying the natural world. The veterinary surgical team inserted the pegs by drilling them into one of Oscar's ankle bones in each of his back paws. The cat’s skin grows over a special "umbrella" at the end of the peg to form a seal against bacteria and potentially fatal infections.
Thank god for science! If my cat would have had a accident as horrible as this one, I would want her to have implants like Oscar has. Without the implants he would have been much more depended on humans because it harder to move around without his back paws. As human beings we have more power than animals, we should use our power and knowledge make their lives comfortable and help them were possible.
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