Sadly, animal abuse is still rampant globally and it seems to be like it’s not going to end anytime soon.

Thankfully, non-profit animal shelters and sanctuaries are also in all parts of the world.

They are trying to save these poor animals who have been abused or neglected by their previous owners.

That’s where “Safe in Austin” comes in.

They’re an Austin, Texas-based sanctuary that takes in animals with special needs or those that have been physically abused.

It’s all about that special connection.

When a child with a congenital hand abnormality named Harper Wulms visited the farm and met a rescued turkey with a “lucky claw” named Priscilla, it had a special healing effect.

“There is something absolutely magical about watching a child with differences come out here and say, ‘They’re just like me,’ ” Jaime Wallace-Griner, the sanctuary’s founder, told The Washington Post. “When you see Harper holding Priscilla’s lucky hand with her own lucky hand, it just does so much for her heart.”

The wallace-Griner animal sanctuary hosts over 150 animals of different species. These are animals that would have been euthanized or neglected.

“We have animals that are blind or deaf, have diabetes, cerebral palsy, deformities, missing limbs, broken spines … they all become part of our family,” Wallace-Griner said.

Now, everyone meet Halo.

She is one of the animals that you’d come across at the sanctuary. Halo is a Great Pyrenees that was abandoned by a breeder after deeming she couldn’t be of any use.

Her cruel previous owner mercilessly placed him inside a box.

Thankfully, Wallace-Griner was able to rescue Halo and had given her proper care.

Unfortunately, the poor dog still ended up having both her front legs reconstructed and her back leg amputated.

Despite having only one whole leg to work with, Wallace-Griner said Halo never seemed affected by it.

She’s always been playful and full of energy, it’s as if she didn’t lose three of her legs.

Halo gets around by hopping.

Thankfully, she received her first pair of prosthetic legs from OrthoPets.

Her reaction upon trying them on won millions of people’s hearts around the world.

Wallace-Griner also shared the video of that precious moment on her farm’s Facebook account.

“I have no words. I can’t believe it,” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook.

She didn’t even plan on having Halo walk or run with them.

But Halo had a different plan.

Halo knew she was getting a new beginning.

Once she got her prosthetic legs on, although wobbly, Halo still tried to walk with them.

Shortly after wearing them, the sweet little pooch was already running.

Wallace-Griner couldn’t be happier with what was happening right before her eyes.

“With a big giant pride-filled smile, while I wept (The blubbering starts 5:15),” Wallace-Griner wrote on Facebook. “It’s been an insane rollercoaster of challenges and emotions over the last year. From the moment I brought this little wounded, 4-week-old, one-legged fluff ball home, I knew she was something special! Look what we did guys. Just look at our Halo go!”

They just gave Halo a new beginning, a new chance to live her life to the fullest.

No more hopping or dragging herself around.

Halo is finally free to run.

See Halo’s face fill with freedom as she takes her first run in the video below!

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Source: Facebook – Safe in Austin, The Washington Post