A lucky miniature foal named Turbo got to experience true freedom for the first time after a unique gift made its way into his life.
And he’s off! (Road To Refuge Animal Sanctuary Facebook photo)
Born with two luxating patellas, a congenital defect, Turbo has very little use of his back end and has spent his life being able to walk only using his front legs. He lives at the Road to Refuge Animal Sanctuary in New Haven, Connecticut, a group co-founded by mixed animal vet tech Megan Pereira, who also runs a horse boarding facility.
“He has some discomfort, but it doesn’t keep him from having the zoomies and play biting and being a foal,” Pereira says in a blog post. “This is not some rare condition that no one has ever seen before. He has permanently luxated patellas, meaning his kneecaps are not where they should be and are off to the side.”