An animal splint (10) for immobilizing a leg of an animal receives the back and sides of the injured leg and is angularly adjustable to the normal angle of the upper and lower part of the injured leg prior to sustaining the leg injury. The splint (10) includes a lower leg assembly (20), an upper leg assembly (50), an adjustment member (80) configured for setting the angle between the lower leg assembly (20) and the upper leg assembly (50), and a leg retaining means (102) that extends across the lower leg open front (27) and the upper leg open front (57) where the lower leg assembly (20) and the upper leg assembly (50) receives the back and sides of the injured leg