A six-legged canine discovered deserted in a carpark has undergone surgical procedure in Somerset to take away her additional limbs. Ariel, a spaniel puppy, was discovered with a number of delivery defects in Pembroke city centre final September and was in a position to have the mandatory surgical procedure after a profitable fundraising marketing campaign.
She was named after the Disney Little Mermaid character as a result of her partially fused additional again legs resembled a mermaid’s tail. She was taken in by the Greenacres Rescue charity, close to Haverfordwest and has been taken care of by a foster household.
Ariel underwent the profitable operation at Langford Vets Small Animal Referral Hospital the place her additional limbs had been eliminated. A spokesperson for the vets stated she has been recovering nicely after her ordeal.
A spokesman for the charity stated: “Her further limbs have been eliminated. Thankfully having the CT photographs meant they didn’t uncover something surprising and though it wasn’t a daily amputation it was ‘uneventful’.
“When we spoke she was in recovery, having lots of love and fuss from the nursing team but all be reassured she’s doing well. We really hope she will now have an easy and quick recovery.”
Vicki Black, hospital director at Langford Vets Small Animal Referral Hospital, added: “Ariel was an advanced little canine whose care required shut collaboration throughout quite a few our specialist led groups together with orthopaedics, comfortable tissue surgical procedure, anaesthesia and radiology.
“We are delighted such a beautiful canine has recovered from her surgical procedure nicely.
“As part of the University of Bristol we are a centre committed to career-long learning and are proud to innovate and treat pets like Ariel. Ariel deservedly has many devoted supporters, it was a great pleasure to treat her and work with Greenacres Rescue.”
