CA prosthetics maker devastated after eagle he was trying to help is euthanized - EXCLUSIVE

DION LIM IS HERE WITH A STORY YOU WILL CEILING ON SEVEN. >> THE STORY IS SO FASCINATING BECAUSE I MENTIONED GETTING YOUR LIFE TO HELPING ANIMALS WITH DISABILITIES. A DALY CITY MAN MAKES PROSTHETIC LEGS FOR BIRDS AND MORE BUT HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO HELP FOR A REASON THAT IS BAFFLING. >> ONCE THEY WHERE IT THEY CAN FLEX AND BOUNCE. >> THE DALY CITY WORKSHOP MAKES A SPECIALIZED PRODUCT FOR ANIMALS. >> SOME PEOPLE CALL ME THE CHICKEN FEED MAKER. >> AFTER TINKERING WITH THE -- WITH 3D PRINTING DURING THE PANDEMIC IT WAS HIS LOVE OF ANIMALS IN WINNING TO HELP OTHERS THAT INSPIRED HIM TO TURN HIS HOBBY INTO A PROSTHETICS BUSINESS TO HELP MORE THAN JUST CHICKENS. >> DUCKS AND I HELP A LOT OF DOGS. I DID TURKEY. I DID PEACOCK. >> HE HAS CRAFTED HUNDREDS OF 3D PRINTED LEGS FOR ANIMALS IN NEED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MOST RECENTLY IT WAS A REQUEST FROM 2800 MILES AWAY AND A STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA THAT HELD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE. A GOLDEN EAGLE HAD BEEN FOUND IN FIELD IN NEED OF CARE AND BROUGHT TO THE POCONO WILDLIFE REHAB AND EDUCATION CENTER. >> SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THAT MUCH LONGER IN THE WILD WITHOUT BEING FED. >> IT IS BELIEVED ONE OF HER FICO GOT CAUGHT IN A TRAP AND WAS SEVERED BELOW THE ANKLE. AFTER BEING SEEN BY THREE DOCTORS HERBY HAVE BIRDS THE NONPROFIT CENTER SAY SHE WAS COMPLETELY HEALED AND THRIVING. >> SHE WAS JUST INCREDIBLY SOFT AND ACCEPTED. >> SHE IS ESTIMATED TO BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE WAS ON TRACK TO BECOME AN EDUCATIONAL ANIMAL. HE WAS HIRED TO MAKE A PROSTHETIC AS A FINISHING TOUCH. >> SHE WAS ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A LIMP. >> ALL SEEMED ON TRACK WHEN THE NONPROFIT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE WILDLIFE WHICH SAID SHE HAD TO BE A POTATO BECAUSE OF HER LEG. >> THE ORDER WAS RECEIVED AROUND 1:00 IN THE ORDER STATED TO EUTHANIZE IMMEDIATELY. THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IF WE REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH A FEDERAL ORDER. >> SHE WAS PUT DOWN. MUCH TO THE DEVASTATION OF THE REHAB CENTER AND HIM. >> I ALMOST WANTED TO CRY. IT IS NOT RIGHT. >> U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SENT ME A STATEMENT ANSWERING HOW THE SERVICE DETERMINES IF A BIRD SHOULD BE EUTHANIZED OR NOT. WHILE STATES IN PART EUTHANIZE VISION MUST HAPPEN IF A BIRD CANNOT FEED ITSELF OR MOVE WITHOUT INFLICTING ADDITIONAL INJURY. IF IT IS BLIND OR HAS INJURIES REQUIRING AMPUTATION. HER WE HAVE HER SAY SHE WAS COMPLETELY ABLE TO PERCH EXPECTED TO LIVE A HEALTHY AND FULL 40 YEARS. >> SHE NOT ONLY SURVIVED THE SELF-INFLICTED AMPUTATION DUE TO THE TRAP BUT SHE OVERCAME THE INFECTION THAT MAY HAVE WENT WITH IT. SHE HAD INCREDIBLE WILL TO LIVE. AND THEN FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SAY YOU SURVIVED ALL OF THIS NOW YOU HAVE TO BE PUT TO DEATH ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MISSING FOOT. >> WHILE THE SERVICE TELLS ME THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH PERMITEES AND EVALUATE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS THE WILDLIFE RESOURCE CENTER FELT THEY HAD NO CHOICE. THEY HOPE THE INCIDENT SERVES AS A LESSON. >> A LOT OF ANIMALS ARE GETTING PUT TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITY OR WHATEVER IT IS AND WE CAN CHANGE THAT. >> THE WILDLIFE REHAB CENTER TREATS 3000 BIRDS A YEAR. HE ACTUALLY WORKS THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT AT A RETAIL JOB THIS IS HIS PASSION TO MAKE PROSTHETICS FULL-TIME. HE HAS NO MEDICAL BACKGROUND. HE JUST CARES FOR ANIMALS. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF AND GAVE ME A SAMPLE. THIS IS A PROSTHETIC FOR A DOG AND ALL YOU DO IS PUT IT ON. THERE IS PADDING. >> AND HOLD IN PLACE? >> EXACTLY. >> YOU SEE A LOT OF DOGS HOPPING AROUND WITH THREE LEGS.

Channel: ABC7 News Bay Area

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Keywords: news, abc, abcnews, newsstory, bird prosthetics maker, eagle euthanized, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Aura the Golden Eagle, animal prosthetics, injured eagle euthanized, Pet1stprosthetics, Nam Duong Pets1stProsthetics Etsy, Pocono Wildlife Rehab and Education Center, priority

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Length: 4min 7sec (247 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 17 2023