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NM Calf Frolics With Fake Legs

Family pays for prosthetics after adopting frostbitten calf

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2009 3:40 AM CST

(Newser) – The first calf ever fitted with prosthetic legs now spends her days frolicking at a New Mexico farm just months after losing her back hooves and part of her hind legs to frostbite. Rancher Nancy Dickenson's step-daughter found the frostbitten black Angus, named Meadow, on... Read full story »

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