TNT Makes Moooves on an Udderly Unusual Package

20-Mar-2008

Scotland's leading express delivery operator TNT has moved some weird and wonderful items in its 30-year history - but none as unusual as a life-size fibre glass fresian cow called Angel.

The udderly efficient members of the team at TNT's Bellshill depot at James Street, Righead Industrial Estate, were keen not to milk the glory for getting the cow from Glasgow across the Irish Sea to County Down - it was all in a day's work, they explained.

TNT Makes Moooves on an Udderly Unusual Package

Milking it - TNT's Jakki MacDonald, left, with Lorraine Donaldson, owner of The Ark Open Farm, Newtownards, Co Down

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Depot Manager Graham Blythe said: "We took a call from The Ark Open Farm in Newtownards, Co Down, asking for us to pick up the life-size cow from a chap who runs a business called Horn Imports in Errol, Perth and they make life-size fibre glass cows.

"Obviously, it was a bit of a strange request, but we were more than happy to help. Although it was quite large, it was quite a delicate operation to get it from Perth via Glasgow, onto Belfast and onto County Down.

"Angel is now safely at the farm. The idea is that it will be added to their interactive farm so that children will have the opportunity to 'milk' it and thus learn through play that milk actually comes from a cow and not a plastic bottle in a supermarket.

"It was a great team effort and our colleagues at TNT in Belfast really came to the rescue in getting the cow to the farm. We now hope the cow will be put to good use and all the children will enjoy 'milking' it."

The farm, owned by Lorraine and Stewart Donaldson, which champions the preservation of rare breeds of domestic farm animals as well as educating children, also kindly made a donation to TNT's nominated charity Wooden Spoon for managing to get Angel to the farm.

Wooden Spoon helps disabled and disadvantaged children throughout Scotland.