Heartwarming disabled animal story no.237
The latest winner of Crippled Monkey's title of heartwarming disabled animal story goes to my colleagues in ´óÏó´«Ã½ News for . This report will be of particular interest to any Ouch readers who have artificial limbs, because Fuji (that's the dolphin in question), is now able to swim and jump again after having had an artificial fin made for her by a tyre company.
Yes, you heard. A tyre company.
It's made out of material usually used for the tyres on Formula One racing cars - which means that this stuff doesn't come cheap. In fact, the artificial fin cost about 95,000 dollars to produce. You won't get that on the NHS, then.
