Let’s not pussyfoot around – Oscar the cat is a walking miracle. The lucky two-year-old has a good eight lives left in him, thanks to the groundbreaking “bionic” surgery that has given him back his two hind legs.
Owners Kate Allan and Mike Nolan feared the worst when a passer-by found the much-loved moggy shocked and bleeding in a nearby field, both his back feet apparently sliced off by a corn thresher.
“It was very traumatic. I was convinced we were going to have to put him down,” recalls Mike of the horrifying incident.
While the rubber-soled implants cost nearly $3000 each, and Oscar has required nine months of residential vet rehabilitation, Kate says she has no regrets about saving her cat.
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