Ryzhik, a scruffy red tabby cat, was found on the streets of the Siberian city o...
Veterinarian Sergei Gorshkov holds his patient Ryzhik the cat, who lost all four paws and got 3D-printed titanium prosthetics in 2019, at the veterinarian clinic in Novosibirsk, Russia February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Vladislav Nekrasov
He would have been the latest victim of Siberia’s unforgiving winter had he not be found by animal protection volunteers and brought to Russian veterinarian Sergei Gorshkov in Novosibirsk, some 200 kilometres away. Ryzhik is one of the first cats in the world to have four titanium paws that were implanted into their bones using the technique, according to Gorshkov.
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