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Mahatma Gandhi described cows as “a poem of compassion”. Just like cats and dogs, cows are affectionate, intelligent and enjoy human companionship. Cows are gentle creatures who deserve compassion and respect.

Cows rescued from factory farms are enjoying freedom and compassion in nonprofit sanctuaries where volunteers take care of them.

Nima Sanctuary is the first and only of its kind sanctuary in Romania. Here, cows rescued from slaughter live happily and safely. Nima Sanctuary is raising money to buy a pasture where the cows can frolic in green grass and sunny mountain breeze.

A square meter of pasture costs 3.4 US Dollars or 3 Euros. If you want to help, please share the sanctuary’s fundraiser. Find out more about Nima Sanctuary on their page.

Here are a few images and less known facts about cows!

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Cows Remember Everything Including When Their Human Helps Them Heal A Broken Leg

Cows Remember Everything Including When Their Human Helps Them Heal A Broken Leg

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Nima sanctuary is the first sanctuary for farm animals in Romania. Doina founded this sanctuary to host 4 cows rescued from a slaughterhouse. Today the sanctuary hosts 23 cows, 3 horses, 2 pigs, 1 donkey and 2 dogs. The founder of the sanctuary lives on site. All the staff love all animals and they all have rescue animals in their homes.

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Cows Love Their Babies

Cows Love Their Babies

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Cows Form Life Long Friendships With Other Cows

Cows Form Life Long Friendships With Other Cows

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Back in 2013, I founded a non-profit association called Voice For The Needy to help animals in my home country Romania, especially dogs and cats. Pet abandonment and abuse is huge problem in Romania and you can check these infographics I made.

Fast forward and in April 2019, Doina found me on Facebook and approached me (I live in Los Angeles and Doina lives in Romania at the sanctuary). She asked for my help to raise money to purchase a pasture for the sanctuary. We both dived into the fundraising project and it took us a year to raise the 48,000 euros needed to buy the pasture. Doina's compassion for cows and basically all the animals gave me the motivation to give up dairy and I'm working on becoming a vegan like her.

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Cows Grieve Deeply

Cows Grieve Deeply

If one of their friends crosses the rainbow bridge, they suffer immensely.

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Cows Love Chin Scratches

Cows Love Chin Scratches

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In 2019, I decided to write an article about the cows and I checked the sanctuary's Flickr feed and picked some of the pictures I thought to show the cows in a positive light that might convince people to look at them with compassion.

Nima Sanctuary is a place for all the rescued farm animals, big or small, including cats and dogs rescued from Romania's streets, forests, landfills (pet abandonment is a huge problem in Romania). Basically, the sanctuary's doors are opened to any rescue animals that cross paths with the staff.

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Cows Love Hugs

Cows Love Hugs

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this is a beloved pet, how come is it labelled? Please explain the tag on the ear.

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Cows Love Hugs From Grandpa

Cows Love Hugs From Grandpa

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The sanctuary is mainly built to host cows and large farm animals, but pretty much any animals that need a place can come to the sanctuary. The fact is that cows are gentle animals that are capable of empathy and affection. We people should value them and treat them as living beings, not objects that produce meat and milk.

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Cows Are Smart And Sometimes They Stare Down On You And Judge

Cows Are Smart And Sometimes They Stare Down On You And Judge

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fell off a haystuck as a child and woke up to a ring of cows looking down on me like this...

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#10

Cows Have A National Day

Cows Have A National Day

Cow Appreciation Day is on Tuesday, July 9, 2019.

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Cows Use Different Body Positions And Facial Expressions To Communicate

Cows Use Different Body Positions And Facial Expressions To Communicate

For instance, this cow is saying "that chin scratch is a bit weak; please put more effort into it, lady".

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They Reward Their Humans With A Big Sloppy Kiss

They Reward Their Humans With A Big Sloppy Kiss

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Cows With Names Give More Milk

Cows With Names Give More Milk

Happy cows that enjoy their human affection results in larger milk production.

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Alison Jones
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dairy cows make way more milk than their calves need, and unlike all other mammals, they will produce no matter what once they give birth. Not milking them is painful and can lead to mastitis and death. This has been done over thousands of years of selective breeding; nothing can change that now.

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Cows Live Up To 20 Years, Which Is 4 Times The Average Life Span Of Cows Used In The Dairy Industry

Cows Live Up To 20 Years, Which Is 4 Times The Average Life Span Of Cows Used In The Dairy Industry

Cows and calves used in the meat industry live a maximum of several months.

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Contrary To Popular Belief Bulls Can’t See Red

Contrary To Popular Belief Bulls Can’t See Red

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Cows Love Kisses

Cows Love Kisses

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Cows Love Sloppy Kisses

Cows Love Sloppy Kisses

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You’ve never been kissed until you’ve been kissed by a cow.

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Cows Have Social Hierarchies

Cows Have Social Hierarchies

It takes a while to become Miss or Mister Popularity among the cow group.

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Ashleigh Gunty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun fact cows also have developed a babysitting system. Where one mother cow will watch all of the young Cavs one day and then they rotate

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Cow Tipping Is A Myth

Cow Tipping Is A Myth

Cows are wary of strangers approaching, so it’s nearly impossible to catch a cow in a state of such bliss that she will allow a stranger close enough to touch her.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to look that up. Even if it was really a thing it would be mean. I would hate being woken up from a sleep, just because ppl wanted to laugh at me.

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