Blade running Thai dog gets new lease of life

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai dog which had its legs hacked off for chewing a pair of shoes is running free again after being fitted with the type of blades used by paralympic runners.

 

Cola's front legs were sliced off with a sword about a year ago by his owner's furious neighbour in Bangkok.

 

The Soi Dog Foundation, an animal welfare group based on the resort island of Phuket, brought in a human surgeon to fit Cola with high tech carbon fibre racing blades, similar to those used by paralympic athletes.

 

Now Cola is back running with the pack.

 

Soi Dog Foundation founder John Dalley said Cola was even ready to trust humans again.

 

 

(Reporting by Juarawee Kittisilpa; Editing by Gareth Jones)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-12-18

 I am not a friend of "take an eye for an eye"

but in this case I would like to see an exception regarding that monster that did this to the poor dog

 

Don't they have as special punishment in North Korea - executed by a pack of dogs?

Edited December 18, 20178 yr by sweatalot

Nice one!!   Good  to see some good  news about  dogs in  Thailand..  I would sure   like to  hack    the legs  off  the scumbag  who  did  that  to  the poor dog!!

Would have been a good buddy to our old 'Chokdee', a dog my GF found injured by a car outside her home and nursed back to health a couple of years back..

 

 

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Cola's front legs were sliced off with a sword about a year ago by his owner's furious neighbour in Bangkok.

Was the neighbor a youth?

 

In most places it would have been euthanasia...It's so confusing...

 

 

Edited December 18, 20178 yr by jaywalker