There鈥檚 an unlikely duo wandering around a South Surrey farm these days.
Gracie, a blind pregnant cow and Peanut, her adopted calf, have found an escape from the slaughterhouse at .
The farm, which is a sanctuary for rescued farm animal and at-risk children, had space for a new resident after a Ellie, their rescue chicken, died.
鈥淲e now had an empty barn stall that was crying out to be filled by another animal in need,鈥� said Keryn Denroche, founder and executive director of Semiahmoo Animal League Inc.
鈥淪o there was a meant to be feeling about the cow.鈥�
Gracie, who just recently fell down a well at her old ranch, had suffered multiple accidents since birth due to her blindness.
But she鈥檚 fitting in just fine at SALI.
鈥淕racie likes to feels things out, she touches her nose to other animals and people since she can鈥檛 see,鈥� says volunteer Emma Hodgson.
If she needs eyes, that鈥檚 what her newly adopted daughter Peanut is for. The calf, who comes from the same herd as Gracie, lost her mother recently.
鈥淲e immediately said yes [to Peanut] because we knew that having a friend from Gracie鈥檚 herd would help her feel safe at her new farm,鈥� said Denroche.
鈥淎ll of our animals are paired with someone of their own kind.鈥�
Starting in September, both Gracie and Peanut will take part in an eight-week program that pairs kids who have experienced trauma with adult volunteers as they learn to care for the animals.
The children will care for the two cows, as well as two horses, Badger and Chase, a cuddly rooster named Louise, Henrietta the hen, two goats, Barney and Clyde, three barn cats, and a colony of rabbits.
