Lure of home pasture
NZPA Geneva Julieann, a pregnant, 320 kg free spirit of a cow, did not take it lying down when her owner sold her to a cattle rancher 55km down the road. Like Lassie the dog, she set out for home — jumping fences, crossing rivers and highways and ignoring driving rain in a determined cross-country tramp. On Tuesday, 20 hours after
she began her trek, the two-year-old purebred Brahman, about 45kg lighter and showing a few scratches on her hide, strolled onto Sidney Kraftsow’s farm. “I’ve heard of dogs and cats doing that. But a cow? Never!” said Mr Kraftsow, throwing an arm around Julieann. “All the cattle people around here are flabbergasted."
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Press, 11 March 1983, Page 8
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