It is always heart-wrenching to witness a mother being separated from her child. Whether it is a human mother or an animal mother like this cow, the pain of separation is equally agonizing. The cow was so devastated by the loss of her calf that she couldn’t help but cry. Her cries deeply touched my heart….
Karma was rescued from a small farm where she was forced to live in terrible conditions.
Her rescuers at California’s Gentle Barn Sanctuary thought she’d be happy to be given a better life but instead Karma wouldn’t stop crying.
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Her calf was on his way to the butchers
Karma’s new owners quickly noticed that her udders were full of milk and realized she must have recently had a calf, but didn’t know why that wasn’t brought to their attention when they rescued Karma.
A quick phone call to the previous farm told them that her calf had been sold for meat and was on his way to a butcher.
In a twist of fate the vehicle Karma’s calf was traveling in broke down and her rescuers were able to get to him before he reached his tragic end.
They had to calm the distressed calf down before they could take him to the sanctuary to be reunited with his mother.
The reunion when mother and son get to meet again, at their new farm, is so beautiful.
Although the little calf was malnourished and severely stressed by the whole situation, he immediately regains his strength when he sees his mama.
See the beautiful moment when mother and son are reunited in the clip below.
