Most people don’t consider farm animals like cows to be the most intelligent and nurturing creatures, but this mother cow is proving that a mother knows best when it comes to her baby, no matter what the species.
Ruby the cow knows what it’s like to almost lose her baby, Lucas, as she gave birth to him in a kill pen, which are farms that kill the animals that don’t get bought at auction. Luckily, Ruby and Lucas were purchased as a pair at the last minute by a woman who brought the two to the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Maryland.
So when the sanctuary workers heard the protective mother crying and mooing nonstop, they knew something must be wrong. They could tell something was off with Lucas, and took him to the New Bolton Center Hospital to run some tests.
At first, doctors feared the worst for the baby, but a test for the deadly Bovine Viral Diarrhea disease came back negative. While they waited for some other results, Lucas got to nurse with mom and got hooked up with IV fluids and antibiotics.
Finally, doctors figured out that Lucas was suffering from a bad case of pneumonia, but because Ruby caught his temperature so early, he started gaining his strength back quickly. “Many people think that cows are not intelligent animals,” the sanctuary wrote, “but they are really very smart.”
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[Featured image credit: POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY]
Mother Cow Calls Out For Help When She Senses Her Baby Is Sick is an article from: LifeDaily