Newborn lamb makes incredible recovery after breaking both legs and fracturing skull

By Charlotte Penketh-King via SWNS

A newborn lamb has made an incredible recovery after suffering two broken legs and a fractured skull in a fall from a truck.

The youngster, named Constable Sam, fell through a gap in a vehicle traveling along a busy highway in Victoria, Australia on March 14.

Devastatingly the lamb, who was born the day of his accident, broke both of his front legs in two places and suffered a fractured skull and a critical injury to one eye as a result of his fall.

Highway officials rushed him to farm sanctuary Edgar's Mission after finding him injured on the side of the road.

Volunteers at the not-for-profit site performed surgery on his skull and legs and cleaned his wounds in the hope of keeping the lamb alive.

And, three months on, Constable Sam has made an incredible recovery and was recently adopted out to a forever home with two of his friends.

A spokesperson for Edgar's Mission said: "His fractured skull is fractured no more and his once critically injured left eye appears to have not lost its sight.

"His wobbly legs are now strong and infused with a sense of victory and his wagging tail is unable to conceal his joy for the newfound and splint-free mobility that is now his.

"This is not the only freedom the little guy shall have, for having fallen from the 'livestock' truck as he did that day, he too figuratively fell on his feet.

"By landing in the arms of kindness, a life of freedom shall now be his.

"He was recently adopted out to a wonderful forever home with two of his friends and we get updates regularly on how they are going!"