Just over an hour from Newcastle lives an animal so rare that it's outnumbered by giant pandas and mountain gorillas.
Yet it's a type of animal that all of us are familiar with and it can be seen all across Northumberland, the humble cow. Chillingham Wild Cattle are unusual beasts, originally brought to this particular location as a large game animal when the estate's park was used for hunting.
Though it's not known exactly when the cattle were brought here, it's thought to be around 800 years ago. Since then the cattle have had next to no human interference, completely escaping the 'improvement' process that has commercial cattle have been subjected to when bred for dairy and meat.
