First Ever Bionic Cat Gets Brand-New Foot

Oscar was the first cat in the world to have two bionic limbs, according to veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick. After Oscar lost his hind feet in a tragic corn harvester accident in 2009, he received custom-built prosthetics.

In this clip from the British TV series The Supervet, Oscar gets a brand-new foot after an infection threatened his right leg:

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"We've never done this before," Fitzpatrick says. "To my knowledge, nobody's done this before."