On December 27, a pregnant cow escaped from a slaughterhouse-bound truck and was found wandering on a busy New Jersey highway around 4 o’clock AM.
After the cow was corralled by police, her owner agreed to release her to the care of the Skylands Animal Sanctuary in Sussex County, where she’s been named Brianna.
Just days later, on New Year’s Eve, Brianna gave birth to a calf named Winter around 1:30 PM. The sanctuary posted a video of the birth to their Facebook page.
What started out as a happy ending for one brave and special cow has now doubled! Not only has Brianna been spared from certain death, Winter will never know the cruel suffering of a factory farm or slaughterhouse. We thank Skylands for caring for this beautiful family.
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A success story! Hallelujah! That cow knew her pending fate and that of her calf. Tell me animals are not smart. I will disagree. I am so happy that she and her baby have a forever home and do not need to worry about the future. Someone give Brianna and Winter a hug for me.
GREAT, I WISH ALL COW’S AND OTHER FACTORY FARM ANIMALS WOULD REBEL IN THIS WAY AND OVERPOWER THEIR CRUEL TYRANTS AND GET THE FREEDOM THEY DESERVE.
How do the ‘people’ at these slaughter factories live with themselves? I suppose they are like ISIS vermin who chop off other humans heads-they enjoy it. I am glad this cow and her child will have a good life. Thank you so much!
Humans are a fucking disgrace . They think our poor animals have no feeling but they wrong ,that poor cow, I would give up eating meat any day not to kill our animals
WAY TO GO MOMMA.!!!!
This sub-human broke the law.
He was guilty of animal cruelty plus other charges.
He was found guilty and the judge just gave him a slap on the wrist.
This is NOT good enough.
The judge should have given him jail time and had his guns taken off him and his gun license cancelled for ever.
It was meant to be! Thank god this one was saved. If only we could save all of them
Thank you Skylands Animal Sanctuary for saving this cows life and that of her unborn calf at the time! It does make me wonder why a pregnant cow was being sent to slaughter because the only times I know of when this happens is when a cow has Micro Plasma Bovis or foot and mouth or some other defect. I’m so pleased when I see posts with a happy outcome for animals because this world seems to be ravaged with animal cruelty. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for saving these gentle sweet animals life. May the God’s blessings be with you all for ever….Sweet Mama cow & obviously must be enjoing immensley having a baby now…Lucky Mama…
Aww, Manel Dias, what a sweet message!
Yes, a very big thank you!
May God bless this lady, my mum´s gonna turn 89 too on March 31st, but she´s sitting in a wheelchair at a retirement home, has chronic carpal tunnel syndrome in her left hand just like me, she had surgery in 2016, but a few months later it all came back & is worse than ever now, this is why I won´t let my left hand operate, I´m wearing a special brace now, but none of us both can knit anymore now…
Go Brianna! Go Brianna! Bless you girl & your baby Winter. And Skylands Animal Sanctuary in Sussex County!
OH MY GOD, THANK HEAVENS THE ANIMAL WELFARE PEOPLE WILL HELP THIS WONDERFUL BOVINE AND
HOPE HE OR SHE WILL BE SENT TO A SANCTUARY WHERE ANOTHER ANIMAL IS WAITING TO HAVE A
FRIEND. WOULD BE WONDERFUL..SO WONDERFUL. EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS I CAN’T HELP
BUT CRY AS THE BOVINE SHAKES HEAD TO GET AWAY. I PRAY ONE DAY SOON THAT HUMANS WILL
TRULY REALIZE THAT EATING ANIMALS AS MUCH AS THEY DO DOES NOT ONE BIT OF GOOD FOR THEM, AS
OPPOSED TO A MEAL OF 90 PERCENT VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS AND SEED, AND SOME GRAIN. YOU
WILL FEEL SO GREAT AFTER A FEW MONTHS, BELIEVE ME.
No! These people are HORRIFIC, and needs years in prison and extremely high financial penalties to make them think 2x before doing anything to animals again. If you’re going to show what happens to these animals, be prepared for people like me to “let go” and curse these terrible, terrible people. We love animals and express ourselves from the heart. Can’t always remain calm.
Great story! I’m so happy this cow did what she did!
Yay Mike Stura thank you for taking these two beauties to your Skylands Sanctuary. Beautiful cows will never suffer again
I am so sorry our human race can be so cruel, evil, ruthless, thoughtless and mean.
PLEASE PEOPLE…HELP STOP ANIMAL ABUSE…PLEASE PLEDGE TO BE VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN. PLEASE
Good for you, Brianna. I wish you all happiness in your new home in the sanctuary. I wish all the other cows were saved. Love Brianna, and love all the other cows.
Thank God for a happy ending for a change.
So many stories like this one are hitting the headlines these days. When are people going to get the message?
Thank you so much for caring for this cow she is in good hands along with her calf and they hopefully can stay together which is how it should be!!
Thank you for rescuing her and allowing her to go to the sanctuary.
Thankyou to all who helped this poor cow , how could she be pregnant and treated so badly , don’t know how these people sleep at night
All our love to her and her baby
Would wish this on all factory farm animals. i’m Sure it’s not in God’s plan for humans to make animals suffer. I’m so happy she was taken in and will for once be with her baby to nourish instead of them being torn apart at birth. Poor moms I so feel for them.
How utterly disgusting that the so-called ‘owner’ was actually sending this very-pregnant cow to slaughter??? Have these brain-dead ‘framers’ lost all compassion, all empathy, all decency, all integrity and ALL THEIR MORAL ETHICS, or is it just a case of ‘I don’t give a damn, I just want my money from this tortured, abused, innocent animal’s carcass?’ And then the ‘farmers’ have the nerve to say that this is normal practise……
you’ve just made my day, thank you to all those who helped her.
Glad she escaped death
Thanks to all that were involved in this cows rescue.
It’s a hilarious act for all bystander all are a laugh and little bit scared when they saw cow was a leap from a truck and run on a track. Just like the same scene, we found during family trip packages to swat and one of surprising for all of us because before this we would never experience such type of funny act.
Belle histoire
It is incredible how beautiful feelings animals have, much superior to humans!!!This cow knew that she was pregnant and wanted to escape to save her baby ‘s life!! She had a purpose!!!What a great mother’s love!!!!!!!
A happy ending for this innocent victim.
Thankfully.
How many more stupid jerks are out there?
I’m so glad this cow escaped and was taken in to a sanctuary where she and her baby can live safe together.
Could the owner not see the cow is pregnant.
Dumb ass.
You don’t send pregnant animals to the slaughter!
It’s common practice to do so. The babies are just thrown away.
You go girl! So glad you got your freedom and will be having that baby in a free and caring environment. You deserve it.