A heart-wrenching story: a six-legged bitch underwent a profitable operation

The 11-week-old spaniel hit the headlines following being deserted exterior a grocery store in Wales, Britain, in September.

Properly-wishers around the globe raised round £15,000 to allow the canine to endure life-changing surgical procedure.

Greenacres Rescue picture/Six-legged cat Ariel (black)

Surgeons additionally managed to save lots of all 4 of her ‘regular’ limbs, amid fears that one in all them may additionally should be amputated.

Mikey Lawlor is the founder and supervisor of Greenacres Rescue, the animal shelter that took Ariel in when she was discovered alone, skinny, and in misery.

“Greenacres Rescue” picture/Six-legged cat Ariel

“The vet who initially evaluated Ariela observed that along with her two further hind legs, she additionally had an additional vulva,” the shelter supervisor stated.

A later CT scan revealed she solely had one kidney, making remedy much more tough, he added.

“As a result of Ariel had two hip joints on one aspect, her pelvis by no means shaped correctly. Her important once more proper leg had nearly no muscle tone, so there was an opportunity it must be eliminated as properly. Fortuitously, this didn’t occur, as a result of in current months it has strengthened lots”, stated the pinnacle of the shelter.

Ariel underwent surgical procedure at Langford Vets Small Animal Hospital in Somerset on Thursday.

The feminine cat is called following the Disney character The Little Mermaid as a result of her partially grown further hind legs resembled a mermaid’s tail.

“There have been two procedures that took regarding two hours, however each went properly,” Lawlor stated.

“The following day she was up, strolling, consuming and ingesting. Now we simply should cross our fingers that she does not get some type of an infection, however she’s positively in the very best of fingers,” he stated.