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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Sean Davey

‘These cows saved my life’: the Queensland farm offering healing cattle cuddles

Donna Astill with Romeo the cow.
Donna Astill, Cow Cuddling Co’s first employee, on the Queensland farm with Romeo the cow. Photograph: Sean Davey/Oculi

Lawrence Fox acted quickly when he found out the cows on a friend’s farm were to be sold for beef.

The 34-year-old had sought refuge on the farm in Goldsborough, half an hour south of Cairns, after feeling burnt out from his job as a business strategist – and had taken to spendings his days in the company of the farm’s herd of cows.

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