When you think of a leg of lamb, the first thing that comes to mind is what salads would go perfect with it. However, in this case, we are not talking about food but about a lamb who was given a second chance to walk again after receiving a new prosthetic leg on Friday, September 24.
Dolly, the lamb was given to Gayl Basson, after farmers from a farm in Sutherland, realised that her front leg was too badly damaged after it got stuck in a snare and had to be amputated. Basson then nursed Dolly back to health at an animal shelter “Fallen Angels Pet Rescue” in Melkbosstrand.
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Basson, who is the co-founder of Fallen Angels Pet Rescue told Cape {town} Etc that she took to social media for assistance and was then approached by a company called Eugene Rossow Prosthetics who offered to assist her, as this was also the first time the company would do a prosthetic leg for an animal.
Dolly the sheep received her new prosthetic leg on Friday.
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Basson further mentioned that the whole procedure took about eight weeks, as Dolly was first fitted with a cast, a trail leg and then she got her prosthetic leg.
“She was struggling a bit without a leg, her head and shoulders and her spine were skew and she would wobble all the time.
“She is managing, sometimes we take it off in the evening and then put it back on in the morning,” said Basson.
In the meantime, the Fallen Angels Pet Rescue are also looking for any donations from the public as they are currently feeding over 200 dogs and their food supplies are almost non-existent.
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