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Puppy to get prosthesis

DENVER: A female puppy found hobbling in the Kuwaiti desert has ended up at Colorado State University, where it might be a candidate for an experimental prosthesis that could one day help humans.

Sally, a Saluki, was spotted in the desert some months ago by a volunteer with the animal welfare group PAWS and taken to a shelter in Kuwait City.

Part of the dog’s left hind leg had been severed and a veterinarian in Kuwait wanted to amputate the remaining leg. PAWS volunteer Steve Holden e-mailed his alma mater, CSU, and its veterinary hospital to ask whether that was sound advice. CSU animal surgeon Erick Egger responded that it was, but that Sally, who he estimated was about a year old, might make a good candidate for new research on grafting prosthetics to bone, which would prevent her from losing more of her leg.

Dr. Egger said he was looking at ways to raise funds to pay for materials, which he estimates could cost $5,000 (about Rs. 2.1 lakh). — AP

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