Meet this animal prosthetic expert from Virginia who is giving animals with limited mobility a second chance at life by creating custom artificial limbs—gifting them with the opportunity to walk again.
Through his organization, Bionic Pets, Derrick Campana, 43, has transformed the lives of close to 35,000 animals, including dogs, goats, cows, camels, raccoons, and elephants.
“Every animal deserves to walk and have a great life, just like people,” Campana, who stars in the TV series “The Wizard of Paws,” told The Epoch Times. “All these technologies, all these things that we have, animals should have.”
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Campana’s mission to help animals in need started about 18 years ago. One day, an owner of a black Labrador dog came into his office, where he made prosthetics for humans, and said that she needed a prosthetics for her dog, Charles. At that time, Campana wasn’t aware nor had he seen an animal in prosthetics, so he found it funny….