Surrounded by other baby cows - yet unable to have contact with anyone - the only world Roselynn knew was a dirty wooden crate on a dairy farm. She had been taken from her mother within hours of her birth.

When an all-women DxE investigatory team approached Roselynn, her eyes were stained with mucus, she had visible sores, and she was suffering from pneumonia. 

She stood up when DxE investigator Virginia Fior held out her hand, and tried to suckle on her fingers:

Upon further investigation, DxE activist and former Baywatch actress Alexandra Paul found that Roselynn's back end was covered in diarrhea caused by dehydration. 
 

Retired San Francisco firefighter Caroline Paul took Roselynn into her arms and carried her out of the farm to safety. 

The team rushed Roselynn to medical care. A veterinarian discovered Roselynn had a fever and  maggots eating away her flesh on her back leg due to diarrhea. 

Blood tests revealed that she had not received the critical nutrient colostrum - milk that a mother cow’s body only produces during the first feeding. This proved that Roselynn had been torn from her mother as soon as she was born, never having fed from her mother even once. Without her mother’s milk and battling diseases, Roselynn’s lungs were not working properly. She had to be hospitalized and placed on oxygen. 
 

Through 24-hour care by many DxE women over weeks, Roselynn made a full recovery. 

The receiving veterinarian testified that Roselynn certainly would have died if she had not been given immediate veterinary care.

Later blood tests revealed Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) antibodies. This disease has been found in the breast tissue of human women who consume cow’s milk, and UC Berkeley research has linked it to breast cancer. The USDA reports that BLV is present in 84% of U.S. dairy farms.

Despite this diagnosis, Roselynn is expected to live a long and healthy life with diligent care at a sanctuary where she will not be exploited for milk.

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