The Outlook Podcast Archive - The 'Supervet': from bullies to bionic limbs

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Growing up on a farm in Ireland as a lonely and unpopular child, Noel Fitzpatrick found solace in an invented superhero, ‘Vetman’, who rescued all the broken animals of the world. He’s now a pioneering veterinary surgeon who has become famous for fitting bionic limbs on injured pets. He tells Jo Fidgen how an operation on a tortoise almost cost him his life's passion.

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Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Sophie Eastaugh

Picture: Noel Fitzpatrick operating on Oscar the Cat to give him two Bionic back feet in 2010
Credit: Wild Productions Ltd

Published on Monday, 14th December 2020.

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