His caregivers had tear in the eye by seeing her on four legs: a young camel, a member of which had been cut a year earlier, was able to walk away thanks to an unusual prosthesis in Pakistan, in an animal refuge in Karachi.
Tuesday, “I cried when I saw him walk, it’s a dream that came up,” said Sheema Khan, head of the park where the animal lives permanently.
Cammie, who belonged to a villager of Sanghar, in the Sind province in the south-east of Pakistan, had, according to local media, had a paw cut in June 2024 by a farmer furious to have seen him penetrate his field in search of pasture.
A video of the injured camel, shared online and quickly became viral, had aroused many indignant and pushed reactions the government to take sanctions both to punish those responsible and treat the animal.
The camel was then transferred to Karachi, more than 250 kilometers from the place of the incident, as part of the Benji project, a Pakistani initiative for the protection of abused animals.
“She was terrified when she arrived. She uttered heartbreaking cries. She was afraid of the human,” recalls Sheema Khan.
“I cannot describe the state in which it was,” she adds, assuring that regaining the trust of the animal was a real challenge.
Without a result for almost five months, the park staff decided to introduce another young camel to her Callie.
His presence comforted Cammie, who, for the first time, tried to stand on three legs.
When his injury completely healed and seeing his attempts to stand up, the refuge decided to order a tailor -made prosthesis imagined by an American company.
In this southern Asian country, stuck in a political and economic slump, and regularly pointed out for the ill -treatment of animals, “it was a first that such a large animal received a leg prosthesis”, testifies Babar Hussain, veterinarian.
“We did not force her to walk. After installing the prosthesis, we waited 15 to 20 minutes. The camel finally got up by herself and started to wander,” he continued.
The caregiver specifies that it will still take 15 to 20 days for the animal to adapt completely to its new blue and red member.
Posted on July 20 at 5:12 p.m., AFP
