Sunday, February 3, 2013

Mourning

We have had Qamar (it means "moon") out water buffalo for about 6 years. This winter she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who we named Negoom (which means "stars") which gave us the moon and stars. Her previous offspring was named Kofta (for grilled ground meat) since as a bull calf that was going to be his fate. Kofta was dispatched very humanely last year, but Negoom, who was a delightfully friendly little girl who loved attention and scratches from everyone was going to be staying at the farm with her mother. This morning Negoom was found dead in the paddock of no apparent cause and her mother stood next to her crying.  Water buffalo aren't known for their intellect but they they feel things keenly.

7 comments:

brattcat said...

i'm so sorry for your loss.

Star said...

I'm so sorry.

Anonymous said...

Very touching post. Thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

ricalfedThis is very sad.

Sami said...

How sad for you and the "mom"

Geri Meftah Art said...

I feel so sorry. I am sad.

doe said...

oh so sad! poor Qamar.

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