A cat named Oscar that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester, has been given two prosthetics in a pioneering operation.

The new feet are custom-made implants that “peg” the ankle to the foot.

They are bioengineered to mimic the way deer antler bone grows through the skin.

The operation – a world first – was carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon based in Surrey, UK.

His work is explored in a BBC documentary called The Bionic Vet.

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  1. 1 huviretki1
    2010 Jul 01

    It made my day. :)
    It made my day. :)

  2. 2 julo1
    2010 Jul 01

    @samisyosam …
    @samisyosam priceless

  3. 3 missjaynie88
    2010 Jul 01

    love the tape!
    love the tape!

  4. 4 y3llow5ub
    2010 Jul 01

    @chechnya i’d say …
    @chechnya i’d say the same thing if someone gave you prosthetic hands =/

  5. 5 samisyosam
    2010 Jul 01

    Wait a second.. …
    Wait a second.. HOLY SHIT. Have you guys seen the price tag on this procedure yet?

  6. 6 onekinkstar
    2010 Jul 01

    @amybernhardt2010, …
    @amybernhardt2010, NOT Lame at all! Totally human. Those of us who have a heart on for animals get it and were getting ‘teary-eyed’ too, With Pride! Go Oscar!

  7. 7 onekinkstar
    2010 Jul 01

    @streaksoflight, …
    @streaksoflight, respect for matching his blackness! Like being well-dressed, no brown feet!

  8. 8 onekinkstar
    2010 Jul 01

    Bless you Oscar and …
    Bless you Oscar and to the surgeon and his team! We will all remember seeing this cat ‘take one for mankind” when this same surgery is able to be done on a human. Thank you all for making it happen, please take care of this wonder boy to keep him struting his stuff! PurrZ.

  9. 9 ladygatortampa
    2010 Jul 01

    I LOVE IT!!!!!!
    I LOVE IT!!!!!!

  10. 10 bjorlindberg
    2010 Jul 01

    Hehe Basement …
    Hehe Basement kitteh finally gots his hoofs….

  11. 11 bjorlindberg
    2010 Jul 01

    Bless the peoples …
    Bless the peoples that goes the extra distance to save animals… this made me sob to… dammit!!

  12. 12 MrKevmaster105
    2010 Jul 01

    Cat:”argh i be a …
    Cat:”argh i be a real pirate now i got me my prosthetic leg! now were be me cat nip and me trusty other pirates!”

  13. 13 BoxOMarkers
    2010 Jul 01

    This is pretty …
    This is pretty amazing.

  14. 14 streaksoflight
    2010 Jul 01

    Hahahahaha I …
    Hahahahaha I thought he was gonna use the tape to tape onto Oscar cause he said the tape is great technology, but actually he was just going to use it make the implants black. So funny.

  15. 15 DM692
    2010 Jul 01

    @chechnya Agreed. I …
    @chechnya Agreed. I wouldn’t agree if it was a technology that was already researched and proven to work, but this was an experiment (Albeit a successful one).

  16. 16 liamcollister
    2010 Jul 01

    @chechnya If I find …
    @chechnya If I find you, I’m going to cut your feet off with a rusty saw

  17. 17 xNaquii
    2010 Jul 01

    @chechnya You …
    @chechnya You obviously need love..

  18. 18 SickyZonbi
    2010 Jul 01

    “Come here, Oscar, …
    “Come here, Oscar, come here!”

    “PFFFFT, later for you, man! I’m going places with my robot feet! Hasta la vista, suck- ooooh, head scratchies… You win, you mobile pair of opposable thumbs.”

    Very sweet. I hope Oscar is doing well. If the machinery designed by man harms a living being, man has a duty to help put that being back together. …now if only they could equip him with laser vision or a jet pack.

  19. 19 slutzinc
    2010 Jul 01

    I admit to crying a …
    I admit to crying a few manly man-tears of joy.

  20. 20 plutoend99
    2010 Jul 01

    @amybernhardt2010 xD
    @amybernhardt2010 xD

  21. 21 chechnya
    2010 Jul 01

    @GRANPA156 It is …
    @GRANPA156 It is VERY selfish that instead of looking out for the cats best interest, they were selfish in keeping it alive. Why not end the cats pain and suffering? Some people are just sick I suppose.

  22. 22 zimthehomicidal
    2010 Jul 01

    @Lushac WOW really …
    @Lushac WOW really :(

  23. 23 GRANPA156
    2010 Jul 01

    @chechnya Die in a …
    @chechnya Die in a fire.

    I hope someday you lose an appendage and someone is there to say “lets put ‘im down. it’s very selfish to keep this animal alive.”

  24. 24 chechnya
    2010 Jul 01

    Very selfish to …
    Very selfish to keep this animal alive.

  25. 25 Lushac
    2010 Jul 01

    @zimthehomicidal 34 …
    @zimthehomicidal 34 now :(


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