Brazilian veterinarian Eliane Jessula shows a domesticated tortoise, which lost the use of its hind paws after being hit by a stray bullet fired from a Rio de Janeiro shanty-town on August 6, 2002. The 20-year-old animal was learning to walk, or roll, using its front paws
and a pair of wheels from a television rack, attached to the bottom side of its shell with adhesive bandage. Rio's notorious slums, where powerful gangs run lucrative arms and drugs trade, often become the scene of violent shootouts, which claim many innocent lives.
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