A Turkish farmer, devoted to his animals, wouldn't give up until he found a vet who would give his amputee chicken the prosthetic leg he needed.
Aydemir Gürsoy, the chicken's owner, told Hurriyet Daily News that he loves barnyard animals. He currently takes care of 30 chickens and two turkeys in his garden.
One of Gürsoy's chickens, who was suffering from a serious leg wound, needed immediate medical attention. Like most pet parents with sick animals, Gürsoy was determined to get him the veterinary care he needed.
"Many people told me: 'It's just a chicken, what are you going to do with it? It's only worth 20 Turkish Liras; why don't you eat it?'" Gürsoy told Hurriyet Daily News. "But what is the point of being a veterinarian if you abandon each sick chicken or lamb to death?"
After a lot of rejection from different veterinary practices, Gürsoy finally found the Yeşilyurt Municipality Veterinarian Directorate, who agreed to treat his chicken.
"Here, for 20 days, the chicken had a couple of surgeries and received various treatments, but in the end they told me they had to amputate its leg," Gürsoy told Hurriyet Daily News. After that, they suggested supporting him with a prosthetic leg. Now, it's alive, it can walk and even spawn."
