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For most of her life, Helen had never seen the sky, the grass beneath her, or the humans who love her. Blind since birth, Helen has one eye rotated into the back of her head and a severe cataract in the other, congenital conditions common in Hereford cows. She leads a happy and peaceful life with Catskill Animal Sanctuary's main cow herd, after being rescued from a beef production operation.

Recently, Animal Care Director Abbie Rogers noticed that Helen pulled away when she approached with eye medication, but thought nothing of it until the ophthalmologist recently visited. The vet discovered that the cataract in one eye has started disintegrating thereby restoring some of Helen's peripheral vision!

"We are overjoyed that Helen can see the world and glimpse the face of her best friend Romeo," beamed Kathy Stevens, CAS Founder and Director.

Please consider sponsoring sweet Helen or another animal here at Catskill Animal Sanctuary.