Guinness Names The World’s Tallest Cow Ever (See Photo)

It’s official. At 6-foot-4, Blosom the
Holstein is the world’s tallest cow ever.
That’s the determination made by
Guinness World Records, which had
previously named the female Holstein
the world’s tallest living cow.
The new record was announced on June
25, 2015.
Blosom lived on a farm in Orangeville,
Illinois. Her owner, Patty Meads-Hanson,
got Blosom when the cow was just eight
weeks old. Blosom was 13 years old
when she died on May 26. During her
life, she was the official “greeter” for
Memory Lane Crafting Retreat, a retreat
situated on the farm.
A post on Blosom’s Facebook page said
the cow “was called to graze in a more
glorious pasture.”
Meads-Hanson found the cow down in a
pasture, her left leg in “a position that
wasn’t normal,” according to a post on
the Facebook page. Two veterinarians
worked in the pouring rain to try to lift
the cow but they were ultimately
unsuccessful. Blosom died after suffering
a leg injury.
“Her injury appeared to happen when
she laid down, slipping in the mud, and
damaging a ligament in her hip, and
would never be able to stand. I had to
make that hard decision – I wouldn’t let
her suffer. It’s the last act of kindness
you can do for an animal you love, but it
sure is hard,” Meads-Hanson wrote on
Facebook.