Their stories

Every limb begins with a life.

Since 2014, every Krishna Limb has a story behind it — a rescue, a recovery, and the people who refused to give up. Here are a few.

Second chances · 16 March 2020

Thrown away by miscreants, a street dog gets a second chance — and a new set of legs.

All her happiness in dogs · 23 September 2019

Blackie wandered in pregnant and never left — turning one Jaipur family into devoted carers of a whole street of dogs.

What the herd taught a vet · 15 June 2019

An injured bull stands frozen in shock — until two cows emerge from nowhere to lift him back onto his feet.

A home for the orphaned · 13 May 2019

At a Maharashtra animal park, the Amte family raises a hundred orphaned wild babies as their own.

A love remembered · 5 March 2019

Four orphan pups in a temple, one fragile soul named Laila, and a girl who loved her against all odds.

A city responds · 8 February 2019

An injured cow whose quiet courage moved an entire city to act.

From doom to joy · 20 February 2016

From the slaughter line and a doomed prognosis to a young calf, a new limb, and happiness.

Awaiting her Krishna Limb · 2 January 2016

Rescued from slaughter and left disabled, Ganga waits for the limb — and the wrestler who refuses to give up on her.

In the press · 21 October 2015

The Hindu profiles Dr Tapesh and the Krishna Limb — the prosthetic that helped a calf named Krishna walk again.