How To Make Money With A 6-Legged Cow

How To Make Money With A 6-Legged Cow DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Dairy Equipment & Ideas 30-5-6 Most deformed animals make the news one day and disappear the next, but a Wisconsin family found a way to raise cash with their rare 6-legged cow. They put the animal inside a tent at a recent farm show and asked for donations to the National MS Society from people who came inside to gawk. Barbara Hesselink approached the MS Society about the idea because they had a daughter with multiple sclerosis. "We wanted to do something to benefit this nonprofit organization. About $5,000 was raised," says Ben Hesselink, a son of Mark and Barbara. "My sister was too ill to attend the show and passed away soon afterward." The two extra legs are located high on the cow's shoulders. The leg on the right side is shorter, as it never continued growing like the one on the left did. The cow was born May 20, 2005. It's pretty unusual for an animal with two extra limbs to stay alive that long.

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