Page 59 - Hillside Anniversay Newsletter

We first heard about Benjy when ‘Gay UK’ got in touch, telling us
they had heard about a bull that was going to be sent for slaughter
because a vet had pronounced him ‘gay’ after he failed to
impregnate his companion cows. Of course we offered to help, but
there was still the matter of getting Benjy released from the farm
where he was being kept, and transporting him from Ireland to
Norfolk. Gay UK started a crowdfunding webpage, where people
could find out about Benjy’s plight to help save him and pay to have
him safely transported to Hillside. Happily, people did donate and
soon Benjy arrived at his new home here in Norfolk. There was a
lot of press interest, mainly because he had been labelled as ‘gay’,
but we were just pleased that it got people talking about farm
animals. Benjy, who was castrated before he was allowed to graze
freely with a friendly herd of our rescued cows, seems to very much
enjoy the company of females. We’re not sure if he really is gay, but
the fact that someone thought he was certainly saved his life!

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