Recently, photographer Sam Beam and his buddy Josh Brinkin were out four wheeling and testing an iPhone helmet cam mount in a remote area outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico when they spotted some ravens and vultures near a known watering hole. They rode in for a closer look and were jolted by the sight of a bull calf, barely alive, still next to the body of a cow assumed to be his mother. She had been deceased for days and he had evidently been left to wither in the ultimate act of cruelty. But it appears the universe had other plans for this little one, big plans…
“This little guy had his mouth, eyes and ears shut from struggling for days, but those birds never touched him,” Sam said.
After pulling the calf from the mud, the two men knew they had to act quickly.
“He still had a little kick in him, but it didn’t last before he got cold,” Sam continued. “We made the call to return to the truck where there would be cell service. We were maybe 20 miles from any real road, so Josh put him up on the quad and away we went.”
He Needed to Get Warm, And Fast!
