Cows are loving, intelligent and kind - but we should still eat them

Rosamund Young, farmer and author of The Secret Life of Cows, says she is really a 'ghostwriter' for her herd, with a mission to explain how they play games, babysit and even judge our characters'I'll see who is in the mood for talking," says Rosamund Young, strolling across a steep field on the Cotswold escarpment. "Hello, are you busy? You're very nice, yes you are. Don't walk off." Young pauses, empathising with Celandine's shyness. "She doesn't like being photographed any more than I do.""She won't know she's being photographed," harrumphs Graeme Robertson, the photographer. Or will she? Continue reading...