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That's an udder fine mess I've got myself into! Cow gets itself stuck on crash barrier

By JAMES RUSH

A stranded calf appears to be resigned to having nowhere to go after becoming stuck climbing over a crash barrier

Separated from the rest of its herd, a stranded cow appears resigned to the idea that it has nowhere else to go, after becoming stuck climbing over a crash barrier.
Fortunately for this adventurous calf however, help was on its way after Jack Weigner spotted it while driving near Chochis in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Mr Weigner became its saviour as he and his wife Jenna pulled over to help rescue the calf after nearly driving past it.

Fortunately for this adventurous calf however, help was on its way after Jack Weigner spotted it while driving near Chochis in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

The 31-year-old said: 'It seemed pretty resigned to the fact it was stuck and it probably was on for at least ten to 15 minutes.
'It did not seem scared until I went over to help it as up to that point, it was pretty calm.
'When I went over to help it, it suddenly acted scared and tried to get off.

Mr Weigner became its saviour as he and his wife Jenna pulled over to help rescue the calf after nearly driving past it

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Herd of curious cows crowd around six-month old boxer dog to sniff each other out

By MARCUS BARNES

Surrounded: Lucy the boxer dog makes some new friends during a walk with her owner in Tyneside

If you put a six-month-old boxer dog and a herd of cows together you might expect a recipe for disaster. But one dog's close encounter in a field led to a heartwarming getting to know you session.
Filmed out on one of her favourite walking routes across Newcastle's Town Moor, the funny meeting sees the dog, named Lucy, approach the herd, who come in for a closer look.

Trouble brewing? Lucy the six-month-old boxer comes nose with a big cow at the beginning of the video

For a split second it appears that trouble may be on the way as a large black cow flinches when first approached by Lucy.
The cows then surround the fearless dog as she hits the ground, waiting to see their reaction. As she lies in wait, the cows all close in for a better look, or smell, while the equally-curious boxer also sniffs out her new found friends.

Come and say hello! The boxer puppy hits the deck and the cows make a beeline for her

At least half the herd get up close and personal with Lucy, nose to nose - but, there is no animosity between the creatures, just curiosity it seems.
The footage was actually filmed a year ago but has recently been thrust into the limelight thanks to an American TV show.
Simon said: 'The cows came over and they looked interested and so I started filming.

And you are? Lucy greets two other cows during the heartwarming exchange

Hi, what's your name? Lucy comes face to face with a new bunch of friends

'Lucy was really calm about it and it really looked like they were communicating. I don't know if the cows maybe thought she was a calf.
'She's got a very gentle and curious nature.'
In the last few days the video's views on YouTube hit over 600,000.

God nose what will happen next: Another cow inspects their new companion

Altogether now: Four cows all sniff out their fearless new mate at the same time

source: dailymail

Toddler suckles straight from a COW after mother leaves home in search of work

By DAVID RICHARDS

Tha Sophat suckles milk from a cow in Nokor Pheas village, 195 miles from the Cambodian capital. The 18-month-old toddler began suckling directly from a cow as part of his daily meals since his parents left to work in Thailand

A toddler has been suckling milk directly from a cow ever since his mother went away to find work when a storm destroyed the family home.

Tha Sophat's grandfather revealed the 18-month-old had been feeding himself this way since July when his parents left Cambodia for Thailand.

After he stopped breast-feeding from his mother, the boy became ill, said the 46-year-old grandfather with whom the youngster is staying.

The boy watched a calf nurse from its mother, and began to do the same thing, feeding direcly from the cow each day, his grandfather said
The boy watched a calf nurse from its mother, and began to do the same thing, feeding direcly from the cow each day, Um Oeung added.

When the grandfather pulled him away, the boy cried, so he let him continue, he said.
Neighbours and local officials in the village of Pheas in Siem Reap province, about 195 miles from the capital Phnom Penh, say they are not happy about the nursing.

'They blame me and have told me not to allow him to suckle from the cow anymore.
They say the boy will be ashamed when he grows up and that he will be naughty,' he said.

Since Saturday, he has limited the suckling to once a day.

'His health is fine, he is strong and he doesn't have diarrhea,' said Um Oeung.

Neighbours and local officials in the village of Pheas in Siem Reap province, about 195 miles from the capital Phnom Penh, say they are not happy about the nursing. But his grandfather counters: 'His health is fine, he is strong and he doesn't have diarrhea'

source: dailymail

Cow walks into a shop to browse the aisles: Amazing pictures of runaway Laura wandering around store

By Daily Mail Reporter

Great escape: Laura the cow strolls through the shop in Austria after breaking loose from her owner

Laura the cow may be a 'plus size' girl, but that won't stop her from indulging a good bit of retail therapy, as these amazing pictures show.

CCTV footage taken from a store in the mountain town of Serfaus Tyrol, Austria, show the Bovine belle browsing the aisles in search of a good bargain.
It is thought she has escaped from her owner close to the shop before deciding to go for a moo-ch in the nearby store.

Fugitive fashionista: Laura browses the aisles for a bargain

Evidently the fugitive fashionista wasn't impressed by this seasons collection, she made a quick dash for the door after a lap of the store and Laura was promptly returned to the farm without a single shopping bag.

Another cow Yvonne - who was dubbed the Scarlet Pimpernel of the bovine world - was recently caught after 98 days on the run.

Yvonne escaped after she broke out of a farmyard in Zangberg, Germany, days before she was due to be slaughtered.

She spent more than three months grazing fields and even became nocturnal after making friends with a herd of deer.

Empty-handed: Laura was caught before she was able to make any purchases

A German newspaper offered a £9,500 reward for Yvonne's safe return and she was caught by a local farmer after she tried to make friends with his cows.

She is now safe at the Aiderbichi sanctuary at Deggendorf where she will live out her days with her sister Waltraud and her son Frieslt.

source:dailymail

The game's up: Yvonne the runaway cow finally caught after 98 days on the run from abattoir

By Allan Hall and Katy Winter

Moo-dy: Yvonne is caught and pulled by a tractor at a grazing land near Stefanskirchen, Germany

Dubbed the Scarlet Pimpernel of the bovine world, Yvonne the cow managed to escape from her farm moments before she was due for a trip to the abattoir.

She longed for bovine contact after 98 days on the hoof where she became nocturnal after taking up with a herd of deer.

The loneliness brought Yvonne back from the wild and into the clutches of man.

Konrad Gutmann, 46, claimed the £9,500 reward offered up by a German newspaper for Yvonne's capture when she wandered into his meadows to try to befriend his cows.

Yvonne had previously evaded all attempts at capture after she broke out of a farmyard in Zangberg, Germany on May 24th shortly before she was due to be slaughtered.

Farmer Konrad said; 'It was just luck really. I was out taking a tour of my electric fence with my daughter Melanie at about 6.00pm when I saw Yvonne on the other side staring at the young cows. She seemed lonely.'

'She went back into the woods when she saw us. I got up behind her and my daughter gathered the cows in one area of the field.' Eventually he managed to herd Yvonne into the field.

'But she was very nervous,' he added. 'You could see the stress of the past days and weeks had taken its toll on her.'

Officials from the Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, which purchased Yvonne when she was on the run to offer her a happy life free from the threat of being turned into beefburgers, identified her from the number pinned into her ear.

In the early days of her great escape local authorities near Mühldorf in Bavaria gave hunters the right to shoot her because she posed a danger to traffic on nearby busy roads. That order was rescinded after pressure from animal rights protesters.

An udder chance: Runaway cow Yvonne is loaded onto a truck following two anesthesia shots

After she joined the other cows she began to munch contentedly on animal feed and grass.

She was tranquilised on Friday morning and transported to the Gut Aiderbichl sanctuary at Deggendorf where she will spend her days with her sister Waltraud and her son Frieslt.

Flashback: Yvonne grazing before her escape in the farm in Zangberg near Muehldorf, Germany

source:dailymail

The mini moos: Tiny breed of cows that grow to just two-and-a-half feet tall

By STEPHANIE DARRALL

Holy cow: These tiny animals are regarded as sacred cattle in their native Sri Lanka

These tiny creatures look like new born calves but they are actually fully grown cows standing just 36 inches tall.

Owner Jay Brittain's new additions to her Small Breeds Farm Park near Kington, Herefordshire, are Zebus cows - and are the smallest cows in the world.

The breed, which are regarded as sacred cattle in native Sri Lanka, were saved from the brink of extinction five years ago.

Fully grown: These minature cows Charlie (left) and Mary. have just arrived in Britain are the smallest cattle in the world

Their numbers plummeted after indiscriminate cross-breeding with dairy breeds.

Ms Brittain said: 'I first heard about the miniature zebus around 15 to 18 years ago and thought it would just be fantastic to have them here.

They cows stand 36 inches high and weigh just five stone each - a tenth of the size of normal adult cattle.

Walkies: The cows are no bigger than an average dog

Ms Briattain said: 'They are rare and people just thought they were going to die out and become extinct.

'They have a fatty lump on their shoulders and a hump on the back of the neck - and are very, very friendly.

'People think they are calves and are amazed when they discover they are fully grown adult cows.

'They are no bigger than your average dog and are hugely popular with children.'

source: dailymail

Peek-a-moo: Yvonne the runaway cow taunts pursuers three months after escaping the slaughterhouse

By DANIEL MILLER

Hide that hide: Yvonne pops her head out of a corn field near Zangberg, Germany, having been on the run for 92 days

They seek her here, they seek here there, but those Bavarians still can't track down Yvonne the elusive cow and now she's popping up to taunt them on camera.

The fugitive, dubbed the Scarlet Pimpernel of the bovine world, escaped from her farm in Zangberg, Germany, moments before she was due for a trip to the abattoir.

Having successfully evaded capture for 92 days, Yvonne has now been spotted on a CCTV camera happily chewing the cud in a field of maize.

Catch me if you can: Yvonne appears to taunt her pursuers relaxing in the corner of a field near the town of Mühldorf in Bavaria, Germany

A full-scale cow hunt has been underway for months under the name Operation Yvonne but every time the net closes in she somehow manages to give her pursuers the slip.

A recent attempt to lure her out of the Bavarian forest where she is hiding failed because the bull, with which they were trying to woo her - described by its owner as the George Clooney of the bull world - turned out to have been castrated.

The team then tried tethering her sister, Waltraut, to a tree in the hope that a friendly face would bring her out of hiding but that too proved unsuccessful.

Most wanted: Animal lovers were upset when an order was given to shoot Yvonne on sight so they offered to buy her from the farmer

She was spotted last weekend when when she was in a near miss with a police car after which an order was issued to hunters to shoot her on sight.

But this infuriated Germany's animal lovers who offered to buy her from the farmer and the shoot-on-sight order has been rescinded until Monday.

German tabloid newspaper, the Bild, has put up a €10,000 reward for the safe return and they claimed an 11-year-old schoolboy had found a fresh hoofprint in woods near his home.

Sisterly love: Not even Yvonne's sister, Waltraut (pictured), has been able to lure her home

Experts now believe that when she first escaped she was taken in by a herd of deer who taught her how to evade capture by foraging at night and lying low during the day.

One of the more desperate attempts to get hold of Yvonne was to try using an animal psychic to contact her and tell her to come home.

The cow has been on the run since escaping and evading slaughter on May 24

source: dailymail

The cow that couldn't moo-ve: Bovine beast becomes stuck on roadside barrier

By OLIVER PICKUP

The white cow tried to hop over the metal fencing getting stuck halfway, much to its distress

This bovine beast couldn't moo-ve after getting stuck on a roadside barrier.

The white cow tried to hop over the metal fencing on a road near to the village of Montecorvino Rovella-Salerno in Italy and became stuck halfway, much to its distress.

But the animal eventually managed to wriggle free of the barrier - before running off back into the forest.

Mechanic Roberto Marano, 42, managed to capture the moment en route to the Italian mountain village.

He said: 'I was driving along a very windy mountain road in the direction of the village when I saw this cow.

'I was quite shocked to see him there and I had to catch my breath.

'I took out my camera and managed to get a picture before she managed to free herself and fled.

'I'm a keen photographer and I was thrilled to get a picture.

'However I am very pleased the cow escaped. It was clearly upset and struggling so it was a relief when it managed to get loose.'

source: dailymail

I was only trying to jump over the moon! Cow freed after getting his head stuck in a LADDER

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Stunned: The Belgian Blue bullock was spotted by a member of the public who alerted animal rescue workers - who thought it was a hoax call

Animal welfare experts were stunned when they arrived at a farm to find a cow with its head stuck in a ladder.

The Belgian Blue bullock was spotted awkwardly walking around the field by a member of the public who alerted animal rescue workers - who thought it was a hoax.

The rescue team were amazed to find the confused animal with a set of steps around its neck in Troon, Ayrshire.

Confused: Passersby were amazed to find the animal wandering around the field in Troon, Ayrshire, with a ladder around its neck

They contacted the farmer who arranged for the rest of the herd to be put into a pen while they gently pulled the ladder free from its head.

Inspector Kerry Kirkpatrick, from the Scottish SPCA, said: 'When the job came through my first thought was that this was a wind-up.

'But I arrived at the field to find the cow looking confused but surprisingly calm despite having his head wedged tightly in between the rungs of the ladder.

'The farmer had no idea how the ladder ended up in his field as he only recently took on the lease for the land.

'It may have been used to patch up a hole in the fence or it could have fallen off a passing van or lorry. Either way, it's a rescue I won't forget in a while!'

source: dailymail

Until the cows come home: Homeowner finds one tonne bull on her doorstep

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

A homeowner was left in shock when she found a one tonne bull on her doorstep.

Ann Maguire saw the huge brown-coloured uninvited houseguest staring at her home in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

However, her surprise quickly turned to laughter when she realised the beast was just transfixed by its own reflection.

Take care! Locals including police give the huge bull a very wide birth as it wanders away

She told the Belfast Telegraph:'It was standing in front of the door just looking in at itself, admiring itself in the door — it was so funny.'

The bull had escaped from a trailer and wandered to another part of the town before it was caught.

source: dailymail

Lucky cow! Barmy Brazilian bovine braves crocodile field in search of tasty treat

By LEE MORAN

Silly moo: The barmy bovine was lucky to escape with his life after he wandered into a field full of crocodiles

This silly moo was lucky the only snap he suffered when wandering into a field full of carnivorous crocs was from a camera.

Showing the confidence of a catwalk model, but with more than a hint of udder idiocy, the barmy Brazilian bovine avoided stepping on the crocodile moos in his search for tasty vegetation.

Photographer Robert Mooney, of Arlington, Virginia, took the incredible photograph on the tropical Pantanal swamps in the western state of Mat Grosso.

The 50-year-old said: 'I was amazed the cow dared to stroll among the crocs with such apparent ease.'

The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland area - covering 88,803 square miles - an area larger than France.

It stretches to Paraguay in the north, Bolivia in the east, and is home to more than 3,500 species of plants, 650 different kinds of bird and 400 species of fish.

source: dailymail

Udder chaos as a herd of 20 COWS goes on the rampage in village

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Moo-ve over: The cattle, who had escaped from a local paddock, made a meal of residents' front gardens
Sonya Gould, 70, said: 'We are used to having pints of milk delivered to our doorstep but not the whole cow.

A quiet village street in Wales has been left in chaos - after a herd of rampaging cows decided to pay a visit.

The 20 cattle, who escaped from their paddock in Tredegar, trampled over the manicured lawns, damaged flowerbeds and left cow pats on the pathways of the street - ironically called Peacehaven.

And now they have turned to the local council in a bid to stop the cows from returning.

'They were everywhere. We are all treading cow muck into our carpets because it's all over our garden paths.

'We held a fund raising event to plant flowers around the communal gardens but the cows have eaten them all.'

The reisdents of the usually quiet street are used to having sheep straying on their gardens - but said the cow invasion is the final straw.

Ann Ingram, who was woken by the mooing, said, 'It used to be sheep, and that's bad enough, but cows are a whole different kettle of fish.

Cattle market: Locals have said they are used to seeing sheep in the street - but having cows visit is the final straw

'It's frightening for many of the older people here to have cows walking down the street, peering in their windows, it's ridiculous.

"They're obviously big animals, and an elderly person can't just shoo them off - there's no telling what an animal might do."

Blaenau Gwent Council said they were taking action to control the cattle.

'We've done our utmost to tackle this problem, and have responded to all call-outs,' a spokesperson said.

'We continue to monitor the situation at least once a week and any roaming animals will be impounded.'

The council added that they may take legal action against the farmer if he is unable to keep his cows under control.

source: dailymail

Surf's buttercup! Cow paddles alongside bemused swimmers after plunging into the Atlantic

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Which way is my field? The bullock paddled up to half a mile for 45 minutes into the deep waters - past stunned surfers who could not believe their eyes

This is the amazing moment a cow swam alongside a group of bemused surfers in Devon - after falling 15ft into the sea.

The adventurous Limousin bullock was grazing in his field when he became spooked by the noise from a nearby music festival.

Farmer Paul Dymond, 35, decided to move the frightened bullock to another field but he managed to escape and ran over the edge of a cliff.

The bullock survived the 15ft fall onto rocks and scrambled towards the sea - where he began swimming out into the Atlantic.

He paddled up to half a mile for 45 minutes into the deep waters - past stunned surfers who could not believe their eyes.

Mr Dymond, who lives at Orchard Way farm in Croyde, Devon, then helped lifeguards to coax the beast out of the water.

Forgot my wetsuit! The cow in the surf stunned surfers as he made his way into the water after falling 15ft into the sea

He said: 'He escaped onto Baggy Point - which is the coastal road - and I was following him trying to get him back in before I saw him getting closer and closer to cliffs. Then he just sort of dropped off the edge.

'I rushed over and could see he was alright but had fallen into the sea. I just could not believe he had not broken his legs - it was a good 15ft drop onto the rocks.

'He seemed to be swimming along with the surfers, I'm not sure they were too impressed.

'There were hundreds of people gathered on the beach for the festival as well and everyone was taking pictures and pointing.'

After 45 minutes the coastguard and RNLI were called and managed to coax the beast back to shore in front of bemused revellers at the Goldcoast Oceanfest.

Taxi for one: After 45 minutes the coastguard and RNLI were called and managed to coax the beast back to shore

Mr Dymond reckons the animal was startled by noise from the event, takes place once a year and was headlined by Seasick Steve and the King Blues.

He added: 'The whole herd was a bit unsettled because of the music from the festival but none of the others seemed to react in the same way.

'The festival takes place every year, but I think the wind direction meant the music seemed louder this year.' The bull was swimming for about 45 minutes and became so disorientated he went deeper and deeper until one onlooker said he must have been 'about half a mile' out.

Drying out: The cow is now recovering from its wet and wild ordeal in the cow shed

Vaughan Lawson, RNLI area lifeguard manager for North Devon, said: 'The incident was certainly unusual but we have to be prepared for any eventuality.

'For this type of rescue there is no protocol and so we just had to do the best we could for the animal's safety.

'We had lifeguards on jet skis to warn surfers of animal and after about 45 minutes we had got the bullock back into the shallow water.

'The farmer was able to put a halter on his head and got him into the front bucket of the tractor.'

source: dailymail

Moo-dini: Cow with 'unusual intelligence' opens farm gate with tongue so herd can escape shed

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Udder genius: Daisy the cow expertly picks the lock of her pen gate in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland

A farmer has been forced to beef up the security in his cowshed after an unusually smart heifer found a way for her and her friends to escape.

Daisy the cow, from a farm in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, has learned the trick to unbolting the gate to her pen with her tongue.

She deftly and accurately unfastens both bolts, allowing her and her bovine buddies access to the verdant fields outside for breakfast.

Making a break for it: The cunning cow casually strolls out from her enclosure after the amazing escape

Farmer Tom Grant was left scratching his head after he found his cattle out munching grass in the morning, despite locking them up the night before.

He initially suspected cattle rustlers so, with the help of his brother, Vincent, Mr Brown set up a hidden camera to get to the bottom of the cattle conundrum.

Suspicions: Farmer Tom Grant suspected cow rustlers had undone the gate, but later discovered Daisy's talent through a hidden camera

'I was a wee bit suspicious because I thought there was a bit of rustling in the area, and that maybe there were boys about during the night trying to steal one of them,' he told the Belfast Telegraph.

After viewing the footage, both Mr Grant and his brother were amazed to see what their cow had learned to do.

'People have the impression that a cow is a dumb animal, but as you can see from the footage, it's far from dumb, it's quite intelligent,' Vincent told the Belfast Telegraph.

Great escape: Daisy's bolt-loosening exploits give other cows in her pen a brief taste of freedom too

Funny Daisy The Cow's Great Escape

source: dailymail

Horror as crazed bull terrier clamps jaws round neck of cow during attack on herd

By RICHARD HARTLEY-PARKINSON

The dog takes a bite at one of the cow's necks and just doesn't let go as his owner shouts and chases after him

This is the horrifying moment that a bull terrier dog clamps its jaws around the neck of a cow during an 15-minute sustained attack on a herd.

The cow's size does not daunt the dog as it clings onto the cows neck for 30 seconds while a distressed farmer fights to pull it off.

Many of the cattle standing in the fields of Petersham Meadows in Richmond are pregnant at the time of the attack and the owner of the vicious beast cannot be traced.

Brutal: The dog lets go momentarily after being shaken off by the cow, which makes its way towards the herd

The herd included calves and witnesses said that some of the older cows butted the dog, called Stamford, and tried to trample it during the attack on Bank Holiday Monday.

One of the brown cows looks as thought it is defending another one and after the dog is tossed into the air it then goes for the brown one instead.

As the dog's owner and herdsman Ian Brown get closer the dog goes to grab hold of the cow again. Another, the brown one to the right, sees what is happening and steps in to help

Herdsman Ian Brown, 64, eventually managed to grab hold of the bull terrier and puts its lead on for a man in a red t-shirt who appears to be the owner.

The man is then chased out of the field by one of the cows and he runs off before he can be questioned by police.

A witness told the London Evening Standard: 'The dog was vicious. It went for the cows and just attacked. It should have been on a leash.

The brown cow knocks the dog flying and soon after it is caught by Mr Brown who puts a lead on the dog which is then chased away with its owner by one of the cows

'It was hanging off one of the cow's necks at one point. It was very distressing.'
The meadows are part of the view from Richmond Hill - the only panorama in England to be protected by an Act of Parliament.

The National Trust vowed to keep the cattle on the meadow when it took over the land, painted by JMW Turner in the 19th Century and described by Sir Walter Scott as 'an unrivalled landscape'.

A spokesman said: 'Fortunately our herdsman is okay and the injuries to the cattle are only superficial. It’s important that people keep dogs on leads around livestock.'

A police added: 'Police attended the scene after reports of a dog attacking cattle in Richmond on Monday.

'The dog and its owner could not be traced.'

A farmer in Ashford, Kent, has won £889 compensation after a Red Nose Day balloon released by pupils at Lyndhurst primary school in Camberwell, 50 miles away, killed his bullock, which choked to death on the string.

source: dailymail

What a moo-ver! The showjumping cow that thinks it's a horse

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Regina started slowly and steadily in training Luna the cow, and only tried to ride her after six months

When Regina Mayer's parents dashed her hopes of getting a horse, the resourceful 15-year-old did not sit in her room and sulk. Instead, she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.

Hours of training, and tons of treats, care and cajoling later, the results are impressive - not only do the two regularly go on long rides through the southern German countryside, they do jumps over a makeshift hurdle of beer crates and painted logs.

Regina joked while sitting on her brown and white, grass-munching bovine companion: 'It's incredible really, she thinks she's a horse.'

The pair's unlikely friendship started about two years ago, shortly after Luna was born on the Mayers' sprawling farm in the hamlet of Laufen, close to the Austrian border.

They started off with walks in the woods, then Regina slowly got her cow more accustomed to human contact and riding equipment.

About six months later, it was time to see how Luna would respond to a rider on her back. Regina sat in the saddle and all went as planned - at least at first.

'She was really well behaved and walked normally,' said blonde Regina. 'But after a couple of metres, she wanted me to get off. You could see that she got a bit peeved.'

Luna and Regina are now best friends, spending most afternoons together once the teen - who aspires to become a nurse - comes home from school.

Luna expertly vaults another jump while guided by schoolgirl Regina

Their extensive routine involves grooming, petting, jumps and a one-hour ride.
'It's a lot of work but I enjoy it', Regina said.

Now, Luna understands commands such as 'go', 'stand' and 'gallop' - if she feels like it.

'When she wants to do something, she does it, when she doesn't, she doesn't,' said Regina, who proudly says Luna thinks of her as her mother.

'And she's often very headstrong but can also be really adorable.'

Regina said Luna's stubborn streak meant teaching her pony tricks was not always easy.

But the persistent teenager sought tips from a cow expert in Switzerland on how to deal with 'steering' problems and has eventually got Luna to behave.

Regina spends an hour after school with Luna, and has even got her to understand several spoken commands

Anne Wiltafsky, who trains cows near the Swiss city of Zurich, said Luna's talents are not particularly surprising and that, historically, it was quite common to ride cows and use them as workhorses.

Ms Wiltafsky said: 'Especially younger ones can jump really well.

'Cows are lovable companions because they are easygoing, have strong nerves and are 'unbelievably devoted' to people they like.'

The teenager said her unlikely riding companion can be 'headstrong but also really adorable'

source: dailymail