Reindeer Fitted With Prosthetic Leg

An Ohio woman who makes prosthetic limbs has outfitted a reindeer who lost his leg due to an infection with an artificial limb. Kathy Simmons said she thought someone was playing a joke on her when a Granville woman called her office near Reynoldsburg and asked if she was able to make a prosthetic leg for a reindeer. Simmons made an appointment and was shocked when the woman showed up with a three-legged deer. The owner said the reindeer had a bone infection when she purchased him in December and had to have the lower part of his front left leg amputated. Simmons said she and co-worker Joe Nye created a 20-inch-long prosthetic leg with a hoof-like round bottom and fitted the artificial limb to the deer on Sunday.