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| Uphill cattle: stranded cows rescued after New Zealand earthquake | |
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| Two cows and a calf made famous worldwide after they were filmed stranded on a tiny pillar of land after the New Zealand earthquake have been rescued. | Two cows and a calf made famous worldwide after they were filmed stranded on a tiny pillar of land after the New Zealand earthquake have been rescued. |
| Pictures of the cattle were beamed around the world on Monday after a news crew flying over land devastated by the quake captured their plight. | Pictures of the cattle were beamed around the world on Monday after a news crew flying over land devastated by the quake captured their plight. |
| Viewers called for a rescue mission to be mounted as quickly as possible. | Viewers called for a rescue mission to be mounted as quickly as possible. |
| Please save the cows I don't think the nz people could take it if they die #eqnz | Please save the cows I don't think the nz people could take it if they die #eqnz |
| Ok I will donate to any kickstarter that will rescue these poor sweet stranded cows who's with me #eqnz pic.twitter.com/idssGaAXTH | Ok I will donate to any kickstarter that will rescue these poor sweet stranded cows who's with me #eqnz pic.twitter.com/idssGaAXTH |
| If you think you're having a bad day, spare a thought for this family of cows trapped on an island in a NZ landslide:#EQNZ pic.twitter.com/NSmO7yjvgW | If you think you're having a bad day, spare a thought for this family of cows trapped on an island in a NZ landslide:#EQNZ pic.twitter.com/NSmO7yjvgW |
| The happy news that the cattle had been saved came on Tuesday when Newshub reported that the farmer who owned them had used a pick and shovel to dig them out of their predicament. | The happy news that the cattle had been saved came on Tuesday when Newshub reported that the farmer who owned them had used a pick and shovel to dig them out of their predicament. |
| The farmer said they were part of a larger group of 14 rescued from the paddock, which had been torn up by the quake. | The farmer said they were part of a larger group of 14 rescued from the paddock, which had been torn up by the quake. |
| Other livestock were not so lucky. “We did lose stock, there were stock losses, but the whole hillside fell during the earthquake and we had a lot of stock on there – we don’t know what we’ve got,” the unnamed man said. | Other livestock were not so lucky. “We did lose stock, there were stock losses, but the whole hillside fell during the earthquake and we had a lot of stock on there – we don’t know what we’ve got,” the unnamed man said. |
| The cattle had been given water and were safe, the farmer said. | The cattle had been given water and were safe, the farmer said. |
| Parts of the property, which lies on a fault line, had moved three metres, he said. | Parts of the property, which lies on a fault line, had moved three metres, he said. |