Unlike Hero Cow, Bison Cow still roams free, as far as we know. Nor do we suggest that our protagonist cow — Hero Cow, some call her — knew anything of her liberated cousin on the fateful date of Jan. 23, when she was taken from her pen near south Poland, far from the eastern woods, to be sent to the slaughterhouse. Lukasz,” according to the BBC — told his workers to tranquilize Hero Cow before they loaded her into the truck. There were no corn cobs for Hero Cow to graze on there, and apparently not much to eat at all. It was during this time that she was given her name, Hero Cow, by admirers across Poland.

Source: Washington Post February 25, 2018 22:20 UTC