Spirit the Calf
Greetings beautiful people! Here is the story of Spirit - a beautiful little week old calf rescued from a local dairy. I was blessed to be a part of this bittersweet rescue. You can help Spirit and all of the animals at Sugarshine Farm by donating or volunteering . Spirit's fate was to be killed for meat/beef. He is a boy, born to a mum who is a cow used for milk and the dairy industry. My dear friend Lisa had recently rescued 2 calves - one female and one male (another story) and taken them to Sugarshine Farm - a sanctuary near Lismore, Northern NSW, Australia. Spirit was the third calf she had rescued in a few weeks and asked me to come and help her load Spirit in to her horse trailer and drive him to the sanctuary and help him settle in. I had never handled a calf before - usually a Mumma cow keeps her calf close and protects it. We arrived to the dairy and there was little Spirit - just a week old and separated from his mumma. Lying on cold concrete floor -
