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Pacifist Patriot

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6. I clearly need more coffee.

Reply to Victor_c3 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:33 AM

Mar 2015

I was thinking that if the farmer named the cow than it's probably dairy rather than meat...and then I read the calf's name again. I'm not thinking Leroy's got milk production in his future either. Guess we can hope he's been saved to produce more calves.

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Indiana farmer saves freezing baby cow with hot tub swim [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP

Poor Leroy--he almost became "freezer beef" before his time... MADem Mar 2015 #1

Yaaaay for Leroy narnian60 Mar 2015 #2

Super! Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #3

perhaps I'm too cynical, but what did he save the calf from? Victor_c3 Mar 2015 #4

I clearly need more coffee. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #6

look at it this way maybe LeRoy will spend his days as a stud bull azurnoir Mar 2015 #7

Look on the bright side... nikto Mar 2015 #5

wish there were pics. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #8

There's a short video at the last link. sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #10

I'll have to look BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #11

Many years ago, we put a baby pig in a pre-heated oven (about 150 degrees), sinkingfeeling Mar 2015 #9

Awwwwwwwwwww! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #16

What a sweet story Worried senior Mar 2015 #18

If Leroy is a male calf, then he's a bull calf, a "baby bull," not a baby cow. nt tblue37 Mar 2015 #12

I saw that -- and why call it a baby anything? It's a calf. You can tell these writers have never Nay Mar 2015 #13

Yep. My point precisely. nt tblue37 Mar 2015 #15

Unfortunately for Leroy, Gangwer seems to be a beef farmer. Orsino Mar 2015 #14

Must of been a slow news day. UncleYoder Mar 2015 #17