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He’s Foghorn Leg-less-horn no more.

The rooster, who lost his talons most likely to frostbite, can walk again thanks to researchers at the University of Calgary, who created prosthetic feet for the animal using a 3-D printer.

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“He was able to balance but he wasn’t walking at all,” said Mark Ungrin, an assistant professor of veterinary medicine. “He’s certainly quite mobile now. It’s night and day.”

Earlier this year, Calgary animal and bylaw officers discovered Foghorn being kept illegally within city limits and plucked him from the property.

Daniel Pang, another assistant professor of veterinary medicine who researches anesthesia and surgery for companion animals and works closely with the city, said he learned about the rooster’s plight and was determined to help.

“He just had stumps to walk on. More or less, he was hopping,” Pang said. “We had concerns of physical damage, that he wouldn’t be able to exhibit normal behaviours for a rooster … and he wouldn’t be able to get away from predators or dangerous situations.”