When a young cow was found in a critical condition, her rescuers thought that it was going to take a miracle to help her walk again – and as it turns out, miracles can happen.

We did just last week, and forever their pitiful dirges will haunt us. As first it was their midnight bellows that stirred me from my bed.

With Australia recently ‘celebrating’ International Dairy week, the largest international dairy cattle sale and show in the southern hemisphere, many could be forgiven for thinking the dairy industry a benign and modest trade, simply responsible for passing on the ‘product’ from its ever-obliging and happy cows.