Sometimes we drive
thru gigantic herds of goats or sheep. Today was sheep. It's amazing HOW GOOD they all are about moving to the side just enough to escape any injuries.
We picked up 2 cows today. Loading and unloading cattle is quite a challenge, as some of them cannot move by themselves due to injury, and they are sometimes really big. (Most cows here seem to be rather small, but some are simply colossal!)
Turning the cow that has the broken front leg. She is SO frustrated at her situation, she is agitated all the time. And she's one of the BIG ones. In the morning, before it got busy, I wandered down to the cattle paddock. I watched as she struggled for awhile, and then gave up and simply urinated where she lay. By the time she was done, it was enough to fill a small pond. And she had been holding it in. I started to cry. I had to walk away.
At the vegetable market today, they gave us so many bags of food that we needed to shift everything around and put most of it on top of the truck. What wouldn't fit up top got wedged between the dog in a kennel and the 2 cows we had already picked up. They were all held in by the food bags...kinda like sandbags. Maybe it was good padding! :)
Picking up the second cow. She needed to be put on a "stretcher" of sorts, and then we gathered some guys form the neighborhood to help.
This cow had an injured left rear leg, but she could still leap. Fear will do that, I guess.
I donated 50 new bowls to Animal Aid. They are so shiny...
ooooh!
This is the donkey from the other day that had maggots in her nose. A couple of days of healing, and she is much better, has some energy, and is eating. The day we brought her in. she was acting like she'd rather die.
Sometimes we drive thru gigantic herds of goats or sheep. Today was sheep. It's amazing HOW GOOD they all are about moving to the side just enough to escape any injuries.
We picked up 2 cows today. Loading and unloading cattle is quite a challenge, as some of them cannot move by themselves due to injury, and they are sometimes really big. (Most cows here seem to be rather small, but some are simply colossal!)
Turning the cow that has the broken front leg. She is SO frustrated at her situation, she is agitated all the time. And she's one of the BIG ones. In the morning, before it got busy, I wandered down to the cattle paddock. I watched as she struggled for awhile, and then gave up and simply urinated where she lay. By the time she was done, it was enough to fill a small pond. And she had been holding it in. I started to cry. I had to walk away.
At the vegetable market today, they gave us so many bags of food that we needed to shift everything around and put most of it on top of the truck. What wouldn't fit up top got wedged between the dog in a kennel and the 2 cows we had already picked up. They were all held in by the food bags...kinda like sandbags. Maybe it was good padding! :)
Picking up the second cow. She needed to be put on a "stretcher" of sorts, and then we gathered some guys form the neighborhood to help. 
This cow had an injured left rear leg, but she could still leap. Fear will do that, I guess.
I donated 50 new bowls to Animal Aid. They are so shiny...ooooh!
This is the donkey from the other day that had maggots in her nose. A couple of days of healing, and she is much better, has some energy, and is eating. The day we brought her in. she was acting like she'd rather die.
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