Lana’s walks and time outside in the daytime were getting longer. We would now walk her round the perimeter of the whole sanctuary and let her stop and sniff, taste and examine the grass, foliage and ground that she came into contact with. She was no longer the frail two week old calf that we […]
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The seizures weren’t Lana’s only torments. Her life was a daily catalogue of hills and mountains to climb. One morning I came in with her bottle and I was met with a bloodstained muzzle. Lana’s face, even without any eyes, epitomised dolefulness. Her ears drooped and her head sagged sadly as drops of bright red
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The small calf learnt to suckle from the stiff rubber teat of its bottle quickly and began to show a slight improvement to her frailty, but she remained weak and vulnerable. Each day was another day to survive and although each morning was a victory, we both felt that the following twenty four hours would
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Every morning that we walk down to the paddock and see our beautiful Lana waiting our call is a precious, cherished one. As soon as she hears our footfalls her large, unsteady head lifts slowly in anticipation and curiosity, no doubt her tummy rumbles in recognition that feed time is imminent. We call out to
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We moved to Pen Y Bryn in June 2021, well that’s not strictly correct, we bought and received the keys in June, a week before my birthday, but weren’t able to move in properly until the end of September because of all the work we had to do to the small bungalow to make it
