11:40AM, Nov 19, 2008
Do people love their pets too much?
This is just one of the questions being asked in Channel 4's latest Cutting Edge exploration; Special Needs Pets.
Furthermore, just how would you be prepared to go for a pet with special needs?
From a rabbit in a wheelchair, to a parrot that's sexually disturbed, the show certainly isn't shying away from probing the unusual.
We meet Zoe, an animal sanctuary worker from North Wales, whose rabbit Ethel wears a nappy after losing the loss of her back legs. She also has a specially made wheelchair.
Zoe is convinced that her transport gives Ethel her mobility back and has a therapeutic effect.
There's also Katie the Jack Russell from Birmingham, who has a brain disorder that's left her with no sense of balance and who uses a stair-lift to get up the stairs in her owners house.
Cruel or kind? It's a tough one, but certainly a show that will provoke a response either way.
Find out when Special Needs Pets is on TV.
