Thursday, September 17, 2009

Lucky the injured turtle gets coasters for feet

Box turtle whose legs were chewed off by raccoon now glides through life

Injured in July, Lucky came within a whisker of being euthanized after his unfortunate run-in with a masked (raccoon) turtle mauler. But thanks to the quick thinking and ingenuity of veterinary surgeon Robert Jereb, the turtle now happily skids his way through life on plastic sliders, stacked two high where his front legs used to be.


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