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Stumpy the famous four-legged duck has lost one of his claims to fame.

He is now a three-legged duck after getting one of his extra limbs caught in his pen, reports Metro.

Stumpy caught the media's attention worldwide after he was born at the Warrawee Duck Farm in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Farm owner Nicky Janaway said: "He's now only got three legs and a stump, which means he's Stumpy by name and stumpy by nature.

"He got the leg caught in the pen fencing, he clean snapped it but he had no idea anything had happened so he may not have had any sensation in it.

"We whisked him off to the vet who finished off what he had started and cleaned it up.

"The good thing that has come out of it is that he can now roam the farm and he and his girlfriend duck, Alice, are harassing the others.

"It has given him his freedom because if he had got his leg stuck in a hedge like he did in the pen, I would never have found him. The other leg is tucked up so it has no chance of getting stuck."