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Scientists said, “It chose freedom”. I say, “She chose freedom.”The story of the cow who prized freedom above the safety of home.
The story is set in Poland. So, as the heroine of this tale remains nameless as yet, I shall call her Swoboda, Polish for ‘Freedom’.
Ornithologist Adam Zbyryt was the first to spot her near the wild primeval forest of Bialowieza. “It’s not unusual to see bison near the Bialowieza Forest, but one animal caught my eye. It was a completely different shade from the rest of the herd, light-brown”he told a Polish news channel.
On closer inspection Swoboda turned out to be a Limousin cow, a French breed common in Poland. In spite of living on the hoof, so to speak, and exposed to the Polish winter, she was looking good – apparently healthy and…
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Exposing the Big Game 
🙂 I love it.
A wonderful story, one you want to to continue: A cow escaping to spend the winter off in a forest with a herd of friendly bison, where she is thriving.
You wish time could stand still.
Sadly, the winter will end and the options are risky. She could have a pregnancy that ends in death. She could have a fatal encounter with the wolves. She could be returned to the farm and an eventual trip to slaughter.
In the meantime, as an animal, she can live in the moment and not have to ponder the future and her fate.
I’m delighted she has had her winter of freedom. I hope her future holds an unexpected and happy alternative.
Thank you for the reblog💕