Six-legged calf with limbs for ‘angel wings’ finds forever home

A calf born with six extra legs has been adopted by loving new owners after surviving "against all the odds".

The farmer launched a campaign was launched to re-home the little bull from a working farm where he would have sadly been cut off from the rest of the herd.

Any hope of amputating his extra limbs hanging from his top shoulders like "angel wings", were dashed when a vet said one was attached to his spine – making surgery too dangerous.

Nut House Hen Rescue & Re-homing said the farmer who welcomed him into the world contacted them for help in finding somewhere the "very special bull calf" could live out his days naturally.

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A spokesperson for the charity BelfastLive that his "forever home" was secured soon after the appeal was launched on Facebook.

Details of where the wee man from Northern Ireland will be staying, however, are being kept private.

As for his name, they say Thor is the main contender, but nothing has been decided yet.

They posted on Facebook: "We have had so many messages enquiring about this wee man and are hopeful we have the perfect home."

In their original post, they said: "I’ve been contacted by someone who is a farmer. One of their calves was born last year with six legs. The usual four and two that hang from the shoulders.

"He’s survived against all the odds and the farmer is looking to find someone who would be willing to take him and keep him as a pet. He’s a lot smaller than the rest of his herd.

"The smaller of the two extra legs may be able to be removed, but their vet said the larger one is attached to his spine and it would be too risky to try.

"It’s not practical for the farmer to keep him as he would have to keep him apart from all the others and that wouldn’t be fair on him."

In a follow-up post, a spokesperson added: "I was so overjoyed to see that the post about the six-legged bull calf reached 49,000 people, had over 300 comments, and over 100 messages all within 24 hours.

"The post was also shared by over 400 people all pulling together to find this wee man a forever home where he can live his life out naturally. Now, this is the bit that I want you to think about.

"This is one very special bull calf, all because he has two extra limbs. But what of the other hundreds of thousands of bull calves just like him that there is nobody there to save them and afford them the chance to live a natural life."

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