Owner Denise Hart praises the 'absolutely amazing' procedure, carried out in Malton.
Vet Gemma Tyler carried out the operation on Prince Buttons along with a team of surgeonsA miniature donkey has been given a new lease of life after vets in North Yorkshire fitted him with a pacemaker.
Buttons, as he is known, is five years old and lives with Mrs Hart along with his half-brother Rolo, who was the first to spot he was in pain. "Then he got up and was a bit wobbly, but he walked into the stable and started eating. He once did it four days running. We always knew it would happen because Rolo would always start to shout."Prince Buttons is one of only a few donkeys in the world to have a pacemaker fitted
The rare operation was carried out by Gemma Tyler from Rainbow Equine Hospital along with Celia Marr, a specialist in internal medicine at Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons in Newmarket, as well as surgeons Dr Chris Linney and Dr Julie Kavanagh from Paragon in Wakefield.
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