Calf found wandering Belle Hall

By Nita Birmingham The Post and Courier Sunday, August 10, 2008 Charleston Animal Society officials don't know how a newborn calf wound up among million dollar homes in a Mount Pleasant subdivision, but they're hoping to reunite the little heifer with its mother. A Mount Pleasant police officer found the calf Saturday in the Belle Hall subdivision, said Charlie Karesh, president of the animal society's board of directors. A veterinarian estimated the calf is only two or three days old, Karesh said. She's a Belted Galloway breed, and is black with a wide swath of white circling her midsection — hence the breed name. She weighs about 30 pounds. The calf is so small that she was being housed in a room of the emergency room at the society's shelter on Remount Road. She curled up on a Winnie the Pooh blanket Saturday afternoon and had no reaction when Karesh stroked her head. She's healthy, but seemed a bit depressed, staff said. Employee Ginny Stallings had tried to bottle-feed the calf earlier, a task which wasn't as successful as staff had hoped. "She can stand. She's just kind of weak," Stallings said. The calf went home with Stallings, her temporary foster mom, at the end of the day. The shelter must hold the calf for 10 days by law. If no one claims it, Karesh said they'll look for someone to foster adopt it. "We'd love to reunite it with its mother," Karesh said. Anyone with information on the calf is asked to call the animal society at 747-4849. Reach Nita Birmingham at 937-5433 or nbirmingham@postandcourier.com.