Mini donkey gets new lease on life with prosthetic
<p>Determination probably wouldn’t be the first quality you’d associate with a miniature donkey, but if Bella’s story is anything to go by maybe it should be.</p>
<p>Separated from her mother at just two months old by a negligent breeder, Bella was in a bad state. Bella was severely underweight, malnourished and had started to develop frostbite in her leg.</p>
<p>But, as luck would have it, a couple from Minneapolis visited the farm and discovered Bella.</p>
<p><img width="500" height="414" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/13977/bella-two_500x414.jpg" alt="Bella Two" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p>
<p>They couldn’t bear seeing Bella in that state and decided to rescue her.</p>
<p>But the frostbite in her leg was more severe than first thought, to the point where vets initially advised Bella’s new owners to put her down.</p>
<p>But there was something in Bella’s eyes that made them change their mind.</p>
<p>One of Bella’s owners, Ann, told the Huffington Post: “They really strongly wanted to put her down. Donkeys don’t have any value in society. I said, “Well, she’s still here, she’s still surviving. I don’t want to put her down if she’s still fighting.”</p>
<p>So Bella’s leg was amputated and fitted with an expensive prosthetic replacement.</p>
<p>And now she’s up, running around and loving life.</p>
<p><img width="500" height="548" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/13978/bella-one_500x548.jpg" alt="Bella One" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p>
<p>While the procedure was expensive, her owners say it was well worth it.</p>
<p>“She’s super sweet. She loves people, she loves affection,” says Ann, “She’s very used to having people ‘hands-on’ because she’s had that her whole life … she’s pretty popular around here.”</p>
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