For example, most dairy cows only live four to six years, as this is the age when a female cow's milk production drops. After that happens, dairy cows are typically sent off to be slaughtered. Cows in ...

The one nearest him housed milking cows in the 1980s, and in the decades since remained upright only through its sheer stubbornness. He lamented that soon there won’t be any traditional barns left.

Past President of Friends of Loma Vista Farm, Julia Allen, is also happy for the two new habitats. The old cow barn is the original one from 1974, but often flooded during rain in the winter.

The Gentle Barn animal rescue is showing how they care for their senior cow Story, right as the cow turns a whopping 26! And let's just say the rescue knows how to treat this "old lady" right.