I don't know if this is the same toucan that was featured on the TV special that Wolf mentioned a few days ago but, even if it isn't, the story must be quite similar. Grecia, a toucan in Costa Rica, was hurt by teenagers and having been found by good people who rushed her to a vet, everybody thought they were going to have to put her down because her upper beak was almost completely missing (they referred to it as a 'bloody stump'!) but a lot of people came together (including a 3D printing company in US) and all worked without charging a single cent to get her a new beak. And she is now been used to educate people on animal abuse. It's a wonderful story!
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2 ... inst-abuse





