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Disabled Piglet Uses Wheelchair Made from Toys

Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Date: 01 February 2013 Time: 11:21 PM ET
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Pig in Wheelchair

Meet Chris P. Bacon, the two-legged pig in a wheelchair made from pieces of the toy K'nex. This little piggy was born with a congenital defect that doesn’t allow him to use his hind legs. Dr. Len Lucero, a veterinarian at Eastside Veterinary Hospital in Clermont, Fla., brought the pig to his home for rehabilitation.

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