Farmers and language specialists alike agree that cows may well have regional accents, just like humans.

Cattle are animals with many life giving properties. Cows give milk, bulls work the land, and both give us manure and urine, which can be beneficial to human health and lifestyle in more ways than you might imagine.

It is, of course, no surprise that happier, more relaxed cows produce more milk. With cows, as with humans, physical health is inexorably linked to mental and emotional well-being.

8,000 "battery cows" crammed in industrial-scale sheds.

The Bhaktivedanta Manor is the first and only farm in the UK to run entirely without slaughter or fossil fuels.