Paralysed Goat Walks Again After Zoo Builds Personalised Wheelchair

Faline · #1 ● 09-01-2013, 01:14 PM

A paralysed goat has been given the chance to walk again after being fitted with a personalised wheelchair.

The special contraption was made by a zoo in Tianjin Municipality, China, for the animal after it was left disabled when it was bitten on the spine by a pony.

‘Due to the spine injuries, she couldn’t stand up again and was paralysed. She could only crawl on the ground,’ said one of its keepers, Wang Donghao.

The animal can now be seen trundling along in the suped-up crate at the zoo in China.

The female goat was born alongside a twin but suffered her terrible fate when she was just four days old.

The zoo hasn’t said whether it plans to keep the modified wheelchair long term or whether it a permanent solution in the future.