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Pictured above: The steer we said goodbye to, shortly after nursing last night, still with milk-foam dripping from his mouth.  

It's with sad news and a heavy heart that I come to this farm note. At Pink Elephant we, unfortunately, lost one of our steers today. It's the unpleasent and very difficult part (way more difficult than the labor) of farming: loosing an animal that is in your care.

The detail of the cause of death is Black Leg, a pretty common soil born bacteria. It can infect an animal through a small wound, acts very quickly in the body, and is 99% fatal. Black Leg is a disease we can vaccinate for, but so far had chosen not to. We've raised two other cows successfully without treating--I guess we got lucky with them. 

At first it just seemed like a minor sprain, or a foot issue--things to keep an eye on, for sure, but also appropriate to play the wait and see game with--as we saw him dragging one foot last night. He was eating fine and generally perky and alert last night and this morning. An hour or so before he went down, Jenny saw him up and about. But by the afternoon, after he went down and wouldn't get back up, we were in a serious situation. The vet was called, and they arrived very quickly, but by the time they arrived it was pretty clear he wasn't going to make it. 

So, we said goodbye to a member of the farm this afternoon. With tears in our eyes the lessons are learned, which doesn't seem to be any consolation at the moment, and the other chores are still waiting for completion.