Seeing a mother separated from her child is always heartbreaking to watch.
Regardless of whether the mother is human or in this case, from the animal kingdom, the breakup is equally painful.
This cow mourned her calf so much, she couldn’t stop crying. Hearing her cries hit me straight in the heart.
Karma was saved from being forced to live in appalling conditions on a small farm.
Karma’s rescuers at the Gentle Barn Sanctuary in California anticipated that she would be content to be given a better life, but she was unable to stop sobbing.
Her calf was traveling to be butchered.
Karma’s new owners quickly noticed that her udders were full of milk and realized she must have recently had a calf, but didn’t know why that wasn’t brought to their attention when they rescued Karma.
A quick phone call to the previous farm told them that her calf had been sold for meat and was on his way to a butcher.
In a stroke of luck, the car Karma’s calf was riding in broke down, allowing her rescuers to reach him before his awful demise.
Before they could bring the upset calf to the sanctuary to be reunited with his mother, they had to soothe him down.
The reunion when mother and son get to meet again, at their new farm, is so beautiful.
Although the little calf was malnourished and severely stressed by the whole situation, he immediately regains his strength when he sees his mama.
See the beautiful moment when mother and son are reunited in the clip below.
THANK YOU to all the animal lovers out there who work so hard to ease these creatures’ suffering.
Please spread the word about this story to honor the efforts of these animal heroes who made it possible for Karma to see her calf again.