Russian
rescue dog Monika is ready for her new life after she was fitted with four
prosthetic titanium paws in a pricey and complex operation paid for by a
crowdfunding campaign. Two weeks after the operation, the small beige pooch is
still weak, but now she is back on her feet again.

The vet who
completed the challenging operation said, “Luck and experience played its
part”.

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The
33-year-old man from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk implanted artificial
limbs in  more than 30 furry friends, and a cat. Monika had travelled a
long distances for this life-changing surgery. She was found by volunteers in a
forest near Krasnodar, a city in the south of Russia 4,000 kilometres (2,485
miles) from the Gorshkov clinic. Her four legs had bloody stumps.

“Nobody really
knows what happened to her. Some volunteers think that somebody cut her paws
off out of cruelty,” Gorshkov told AFP.

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Monika,
estimated to be two to four years old, could be among thousands of stray dogs
that were found to be injured, to be put down or left to die.

Fortunately,
she ended up in the care of Alla Leonkina, a Krasnodar volunteer. Leonkina said
she and her friend had been caring for Monika, who was “in critical
condition” for about a year.

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While caring
for Monika, she heard about the Gorshkov clinic and started an online campaign
to support her. In one month, they had 400,000 rubles ($5,400 or 4,800 euros)
—the largest amount in Russia.

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Leonkina
said that Monika flew to Siberia sitting next to her on the plane. The campaign
also financed the prosthetic titanium legs that were made using a 3D printer. Gorshkov
said that Monika’s bones will grow and adapt to the artificial limbs “like
antlers on a deer”.