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Mass. woman’s chicken getting prosthetic leg costing $2,500

CLINTON, Mass.

This chicken leg isn’t for eating.

A hen owned by a Massachusetts woman who specializes in chicken rehabilitation and rescue is getting fitted with a prosthetic leg Wednesday at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Andrea Martin, of Clinton, tells The Telegram & Gazette she is paying for the $2,500 operation out of her own pocket. She says the alternative is euthanasia.

The chicken, named Cecily, was born with a damaged tendon in the leg that makes it useless.

The surgery will begin when Emi Knafo, a specialist in avian orthopedics, will amputate Cecily’s right leg.

After a 10- to 14-day recovery period, the prosthetic, made on a 3-D printer, will be fitted.

Similar surgery has been performed on a rooster and duck, though not at Tufts.

German mechanic wins pay for changing, but not for showers

BERLIN

A German court says a municipal bus mechanic can have hundreds of euros in back pay for time spent changing into his work clothes – but not for time he spent showering.

The state labor court in Duesseldorf said the man and the local transport authority in Oberhausen reached a settlement Monday that will see him get 375 euros ($412) to cover the 10 minutes per day that he spent changing into and out of his uniform over a seven-month period last year.

The plaintiff also had sought to be paid for a daily 10 minutes spent in the shower after work, but the court questioned whether that could be counted as time on the job and also wondered “whether 10 minutes is not too long for a shower.”

Wandering turkey captured on University of Michigan campus

ANN ARBOR, Mich.

A wandering turkey is in custody after causing a stir at the University of Michigan.

The bird attracted the attention of university students and staff as it roamed wooded areas, chased passers-by and got in the way of bus traffic.

It also showed up on social media in people’s selfies.

The Ann Arbor News reports the bird was captured Sunday and relocated to an animal- rescue facility in southern Michigan.

University police spokeswoman Diane Brown says a cage was put out to help capture the bird.

Brown says officials are “thankful the turkey and other people didn’t get hurt.”

Police say they started getting calls about the bird in late June and described it as aggressive. A second turkey on North Campus was fatally struck by a car.

Associated Press