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Show Hersel Saved TheCowWh0a he Emily with her new tamily: Lewis Randa (1), BY MICHAEL RYAN his wife, Meg, and their children, Christopher, Abbey and Mikey(Ir). MILY KNEW THAT DANGER WAS jj near, She had never beenin a place like this before—a little shed with a 5-foot gate behind her, All of her companions had gone through the swinging doors in front of her, and notone had returned. The men who had locked thegate at Frank Arena’s slaughterhouse in Hopkinton, Mass., were now off having lunch. Emily saw her chance, and she took it. When she made her move, jaws dropped and workers stared in amazement. Suddenly, Emily— all 1400 pounds of her—was airborne,sailing over the gate.“A cowjust can’t do that,” Meg Randa told me.As residentsof this rural area west of Boston were to discover, Emily, a 3-year-old Holstein, can do manythings cowsaren't supposedto do. Frank Arena andhis workers tookoff after their runaway animal, but she disappeared into the woods andeluded themallday. It was November1995,the beginningof an odysseythat would capture the imagination ofthe entire community. Slaughterhouse workers scoured the woods,leaving out bales of hay to entice Emily backinto their grasp. She would havenone ofit. Instead, people seeing her running with a herd of deer, learning from them howto forage in the wood. Soon the local paper was running updates on Emily sightings. Meg Randa read thefirst one.“The wheels started turning,” she told me.“I said, ‘There's got to be some way we can purchase her and let her live in peace.” ‘Wewere in the former town hall in Sherborn, Mass., near Hopkinton. Meg and her husband, Lewis, bought the building 12 years ago. Here, they run a schoolfor not children with special needs. Devout Quakers, they also operate the Peace Abbey, where seminars and conferences on peace have attracted-participantslike MotherTeresa and the Dalai Lama. Surely,if they could bringthe Dalai Lama to little farm town in New England, they could do something for a desperate cow. The Randas had hundredsofco-conspirators. Emily sightings suddenly dried up—it seemed that nobody wanted to see hercaptured. Local farmers started leaving out balesof hay for herto eat. Megcalled Frank Arenaatthe slaughterhouse and was touched byhis willingness to help. His granddaughter, Angela, had given Emily her name, and even Frank (whodied unexpectedly in January) seemed im- | pressed byherpluck. At first he offered to let the F Randas have Emilyfor the bargain price of$350; _ P| then, after consulting his granddaughter, he changed the price to $1. “He liked the ideaofEmily being at the school,” Lewis Randa explained. A blizzard hit, and Emily’s food sources were covered by snow. The Randas and others brought grain, hay and water to places where they thought Emily mightbe found; the food was eatenafter they left, but Emily wasn’t ready to reveal herself. Finally, one December dayafter they spread out some food, the Randas saw Emily. “We looked over our shoulder, and she was right there looking at us,” Megrecalled. Emily had lost 500 pounds and needed veterinary treatmentafter her # 40-day ordeal, but the lovingcare ofthe students at the school has broughther backto herfull weight. And now she has company. i£ Last December, a neighbor approached the Randas and asked ifthey could take in a calf that might otherwise be sentto a slaughterhouse. The dayI visited, little Gabrie] stood patiently while Emily groomed and licked him as fastidiously as any loving mom. They have been joined by a pair of turkeys, a mother goatand hertwo kids, and three rabbits—all of them rescued from inhumane conditions andall of them now tended by students from the school. But Emily's biggest test is yet to come.Ellen Little, producer of 1995’s film RichardIII, has started work on a film version of Emily’s saga. Emily will not have to hs ‘Hollywood, though. She will be played by anotherHolstein—and that should give another cow a chance to become star. © BuSpar’ a8 ! ih Ii i |i} i 4 i ty }fii i iH i ti ii i alt ii! ifi Hi Mh i i i |i i # tl it | i [ it i ui 10 predict trom experiments theexert towhichaCNS-actvadrugwil be ii sa l Ht HTHimt ffi (buspirone HCI, USP) ofPrescribing information, 12°. Forcompleteprescribing information, peaseconsuloficialpackagecircular Briel ta buspirone hydrochloride. nazar. Sace blood pressure has ‘Teapdratetration ay of SaSpar 1 patenttating3 moncamine wide bir (MAD!)maypose 2 ‘BuSpar shout notbaemployedin Bevofappropri wth an MACY, sichconcomitant use Revised December 1904 |
