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Little Peanut, Angus newborn; rescued from black vulture attack

Those black ugly birds of prey are a protected species. Miss Vicky learned that first hand, when newborn Angus calf Little Peanut was attacked by some 15 birds. Thanks to an alert by Ernie Rogers, she was able to rescue the little fellow. In the safe harbor of the barn he grew strong, and made a new friend there, a little iPhone 6 shy kitten named Popcorn. There's a point to this story she says: keep a watch on your cattle during calving season. If you see vultures circling, please let your neighbors who have cattle know or go check yourself. Just as scary: The birds have been know to stalk human babies. Attacks on humans are not common, but do occur.
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By Victoria Pike
Miss Vicky's Pamper Angus Ranch

Bud was named after our boogy man sinkhole dweller, Bud Mullins, on the advice of Miss Nancy Moran Fouser, whose grandmother dreamed Bud up many moons ago to control the wild neighborhood children. I was one of those wild ones. Bud is from the prized registered herd of Kenneth Lowe, Oak Hollow Angus Farms, Smiths Grove Kentucky.



Little Peanut barely survived a black vulture attack the day he was born.

Thanks to Ernie Rogers for spotting the attack and letting me know immediately. When I arrived at the site of the attack, the cows were circling poor Peanut doing their best to keep about 15 vultures from plucking his eyes out and eating him. I ran the vultures off and put Peanut in the front seat of the car and away we went to the barn with his mother right behind. Nether came out of the barn for three days.

Peanut has made a new buddy at the barn in a little kitten we are going to call Popcorn. However, I have not been able to get a pic of Popcorn. Still a little shy when I come into the barn. By the time I spot and get the camera function on my new I phone 6 ready, it is gone. I guess, I will get accustom to this new technology soon.

The point of this story is to keep a watch on your cattle during calving season. If you see vultures circling, please let your neighbors who have cattle know or go check yourself.

We don't want what almost happened to Peanut to happen to any other little newborns this calving season.


This story was posted on 2015-08-30 18:19:06
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