POOR BIRD: Veterinarian Carmen Soto (out of frame), curing a toucan that lost the upper half of his beak after being attacked by hooligans.
SAN JOS: Veterinarian Carmen Soto is gently swabbing what is left of Grecia the toucan’s bright beak, preparing to fit him with a prosthesis to replace the part hacked off by vandals.
The images of the bird’s mutilated red-and-yellow beak caused outrage last month in Costa Rica, where donations for a prosthesis came pouring in after his story went viral on social media — a new weapon in the fight against the age-old problem of animal cruelty in Latin America.
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