Tara the beagle cross fitted with two prosthetic legs.

 

Tara the beagle cross has got a new lease of life after being fitted with two prosthetic legs thanks to a British animal charity.  The stray had gangrene in all four legs and was close to death when she was found in the grounds of a Romanian hospital after being poisoned.  Vets were forced to amputate Tara’s two front legs to save her life, leaving her unable to walk. After reading about her plight online, Kelly Hare, who runs Safe Rescue For Dogs, decided to help.  She brought Tara to Britain and the charity’s supporters raised the £3,000 needed for a US prosthetic limb company to make two legs.  Now four-year-old Tara has taken her first steps. Miss Hare, 38, from Great Yarmouth, said: ‘Her tail has not stopped wagging since. It’s given her a new lease of life.’

 

 

 

Miss Hare, 38, from Great Yarmouth said: ‘It’s given her a new lease of life. You can see how happy she is to be walking again. She looks so proud to be back on four legs and I’m very proud too. She’s been through so much but she has the most wonderful nature.’  In fact Miss Hare has now decided to keep Tara after becoming so attached to her during the rehabilitation process.  She said: ‘She’s really suffered. She must have been in agony when she was found so much so that it may have been kinder to put her to sleep. But her legs were amputated in Romania and she was starting to recover but nobody knew what to do with her next. If she’d gone back on the streets she would have died. When I saw pictures of her I knew I had to help.’  ‘I’m so pleased I did because look at her now.’  Miss Hare has been rescuing dogs for two years after establishing Safe Rescue For Dogs after working for the RSPCA and other rescue charities.

 

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