When I first saw Little Red it was October 4, 2020, the little lady was born fully 5 months behind schedule. Others noticed her too and a lot of us were shaking our heads, the grass had turned and she was so small. Her chances were slim, in Yellowstone, winter is deadly cold.
Red& #39;s mother& #39;s easily recognizable, she& #39;s been through a lot, one broken horn, another that& #39;s twisted down and in. That and she has a bright red calf with her.

You can see another calf, behind Red just over her left shoulder, short horns, Red has some catching up to do.
Oct 6 2020 She couldn& #39;t have been more than two weeks old and already the cold is starting to show, she& #39;s growing an unusually thick coat of red. There& #39;s frosty mornings and any day a storm could dump snow deeper than she is tall.
Last known photo of Little Red with her mother, Nov 7, 2020 10:58 am

I& #39;m not sure what happened, but they wouldn& #39;t be seen together again for 141 days
Somehow Red got lost, I saw her Nov 13 looking for her mom and being rejected by everyone he approached, she was sticking with the herd tho, and the snow wasn& #39;t so bad, if Red could find her soon she& #39;d be OK.
Nov 13, 14 and 15 I saw Red searching, and then I didn& #39;t see her for 30 days. By Dec 17 there& #39;d been a few snows, I kept looking anyway, and then I saw her, fat and happy.

Ridiculously fat and happy actually.
This is the mother that saved Little Red. As far as I know A cow adopting a lost calf is unheard of, but here they are, A picture& #39;s worth a thousand words.
This mothers day, I& #39;d like to raise a glass to the Mother than saved little red.

We named her Ooh Ne Tsi which means Mother in Cherokee (on the left) and that& #39;s Danitaga on his right, which means blood brother

Lifts the glass
Spills the wine

To Mothers everywhere
One and all
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