During the festive season, animals are often at the bottom of the list of those who receive help.

No cause is unworthy, and it can be difficult to know where to give your attention. But Evie and Donkey were desperate. So, we put out an urgent appeal to help them.

Below you can see the skin and bones they were when rescued. It broke our hearts to see the state they were in.

Evie and Donkey’s journey to us was one of hunger and exhaustion. Their owner, unable to meet their needs, reached out for help.

Hungry and frail, Evie, the black girl cow, was so exhausted she lay down for the entire journey to safety, unable to stand.

Thanks to the support of this community and their generous donors, we were able to provide them with the care they so desperately needed.

They got a second chance at life.

After some much-needed care and love in one of our foster homes, they began to open up and enjoy life again 🥹, showing us their loving and playful spirits. Watch their transformation here.

Evie is gentle and kind. Donkey loves to run with horses and perhaps thinks he may be one…

Their story is one of the power of compassion. Animals once frail, afraid with very little to give can transform into the most fun and loving companions.

There are no lost causes at ‘Til The Cows Come Home, only those who need a little extra love.

But our work was not over; we needed to find them a home that could be their forever.

Only with your help and support are we able to spend so much time housing animals who need it most and use all our resources to search high and low for their perfect forever homes.

After months of searching, their forever home was found. One filled with lush grass and lots of space for Donkey to run to his heart’s content. A home where they will be loved as companions, not commodities.

None of this is possible without your generosity. If you would like to continue supporting this life-saving work, please click here.

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Meet Teddy, to him, he may be just like every other rescue. Rescued alongside two other calves, Albert and Oscar, they all narrowly escaped slaughter.

To us, however, Teddy marks a very momentous moment in our mission.

Teddy was born into this world as the byproduct of his mother’s milk production. To the industry, his life was worth nothing more than the milk it allowed his mother to make. His future was uncertain, but likely grim.

Just like humans, female cows need to give birth to produce milk. As a result, each year in Australia, over 400,000 calves are born on dairy farms and are deemed as “waste” or “surplus”.  

You might wonder why these calves are considered unviable. Well, they cannot be used for future breeding or milk production. With so many calves being born, it becomes unfeasible for dairy farmers to raise all of these calves to a valuable size to be sold at market for a worthwhile value. 

Teddy, being male, would have likely been killed within days—sometimes by a single, brutal blow to the head. Or are sent to slaughter within weeks. If he was “lucky” he would be raised for veal, his life then cut short before his first birthday.

What “life” is this?

However, thanks to the generous support of our donors, Teddy’s fate was turned, and he was rescued by our team.

Albert, Oscar and Teddy were taken safely into short-term foster care. Before moving on to their forever home, where they will be loved and cherished as companions, not commodities.

Teddy is a gentle soul, whose shy demeanour melts as soon as a tasty snack or reassuring pat are involved. He is deserving of so much love, and we are so grateful he will have the life he deserves.

Teddy marks a huge milestone for ‘Til The Cows Come Home. He is the 10,000th adoption. That’s 10,000 lives taken in or saved from often horrific or heartbreaking fates, that have all been rehomed into loving and caring forever homes.

Teddy is more than a rescue calf. He is the symbol of change, the vision of compassion and the embodiment of love.

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