🦡💛🦡🖤🦡Nicole Walker🦡🖤🦡💛🦡

MAJOR the Malinois HAS BEEN SAVED. After 575 days locked up, a federal judge just saved his life. In case you forgot, here's what happened: Major was struck by a car and injured. 2 women unknown to him, approached him and tried to pick him up. He bit one of them on the arms. He was scared. And he was injured. Austin Animal Services seized Major. A city court ordered him put down A county court agreed. A Texas appeals court upheld it in February. He sat in isolation. No one could touch him. Or walk him. His owner, Shane Lilly, was told to come say goodbye. THE FIGHT: Lilly says he has a brain injury and Major helps with his seizures. A "FREE MAJOR" petition drew tens of thousands of signatures. Willie Nelson spoke up for him. Supporters rallied outside the shelter. Sept. 9: lawyers filed a federal disability lawsuit, two days before he was set to die. Judge David Ezra blocked it at the last minute. Lilly says he has a brain injury and Major helps with his seizures THE RULING: Late Monday, Ezra permanently barred Austin from putting Major down. Austin must release him to a rescue within 30 days. He'll be sedated and muzzled for the move. He gets at least 30 days to decompress outside Austin. Only Lilly and a vet can see him during that time. He can go home to Lilly if the vet signs off. Never to the public. And, Lilly must carry $100K in liability insurance WHAT'S NEXT The city will comply but still calls him a safety risk. No move date yet. The rescue hasn't been named. Hang on, Major. You're almost home 🐶