BUCKING UP:  Buck is on the mend, says his owner, Bronson Stewart. “His leg is healing very well, and he’s just great – he really is.” Bronson and Buck, his young dog, became headline and talkback radio fodder last month. “Buck was hit by a speeding car last month and had a badly broken hind leg,” the Wanganui Chronicle reported. Bronson couldn’t afford the vet’s fees. The vet said that Buck would have to be put down if he did not pay. Bronson kidnapped Buck from the vet clinic. Their plight prompted the SPCA to set up a national trust fund for badly injured animals needing veterinary care. People from all over New Zealand paid into the fund, which totalled more than $4000. Massey University veterinarians fixed up Buck.