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Vegetarian Beef Farmer
Sends His Cows to Hillside...

     In April 2017 we were asked to take      over time, has seen
     in a herd of 70 cattle, including 30     more to these anim
     pregnant cows, after a massive           to believe.
     turnaround in thinking by the farmer, a
     vegetarian, who could no longer bear     He said ‘I began to
     to send his cows to the                  recognise each oth
     slaughterhouse. Instead, he got in       very good memori
     touch with the Vegan Society, who        experience a range
     contacted Hillside to ask if we could    can be sad, happy, b
     give the cows a permanent safe home      do also have facial
     in the Sanctuary.                        tell what a cow’s th
                                              it. I’ve even seen co
     Jay, the farmer, had grown up working    conscious of what
     with the family’s herd of cows but,      them – they have p

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