This cow, a member of the expanding Urban Herd, gave birth unaided in the middle of a patch of Senecio flowers growing on some open ground outside some houses in the middle of a suburb.
In no time at all, two local dogs came sniffing around.
The cow was still raw.
Her udder was distended.
While she must have already eaten her placenta, the dogs seemed to be particularly interested in something in the patch of flowers once the cow and her calf had moved away.
By then she had endured enough of their unwelcome attention and nudged her calf towards the relative safety of a nearby park.
We saw them elsewhere in the town a week later: cow and calf appear to be thriving.
Something Over Tea 
Special! I live in the bush and I have yet to witness an animal give birth.
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There is a sense of wonder about it.
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Feral dogs could be a real threat to the calf! Glad he had mom with him.
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The dogs were a real nuisance, but the cow was very protective of her calf. Of course, this should never have happened in the suburbs yet is inevitable as cattle roam freely all over our town these days.
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Does this cow belong to someone, or is the “urban herd” wild, but protected by law?
We have deer wandering around some suburban areas, but once a year people are allowed to hunt them. Otherwise they would overpopulate and do damage to the environment.
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The Urban Herd, as I call them, are cattle that all belong to someone (said to be members of the town council, but I cannot verify that) and should be grazing in the common lands set aside for that purpose. It is a phenomenon which is happening in smaller towns all over the country as laws of the past are ignored.
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So glad they were okay Anne
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Me too 🙂 This is clearly the calving season for a lot of the cows around here have newborn calves with them.
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