<div><p>I refuse to entertain any opinions that claim animals do not have feelings. They do. </p><p>Just take Emma the cow, for example.</p><p>Emma has spent her life being raised for meat. She's been locked in trailers, is constantly alone, and wrapped in chains while travelling. </p><p>Unfortunately for Emma, the farm she was staying on declared bankruptcy and the last 25 cows on the land were to be sent to slaughter. </p><p>As Emma was being transported to her fate, something heart-breaking happened. She started to cry. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/980x-190.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>YouTube</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>She is clearly terrified, knowing her fate is all but decided...and it's not good. </p><p>But then, something amazing happened. Emma was adopted by an animal sanctuary who wanted to save her. </p><p>"We founded an association together with the farmer, whom we won over with the idea for our project," the Kuhrettung Rhein-Berg sanctuary <a href="http://www.kuhrettung.de/">explains</a>. "The association's goal is to create a sanctuary, so they may continue living in their familiar surroundings, under best animal welfare conditions, hopefully until the natural end of their lives."</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/980x-191.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>YouTube</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Emma is now living a happy, healthy, and most importantly FREE life. She has a herd she belongs to and has a place to live until her life naturally comes to an end. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/980x-192.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>YouTube</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Share this if you believe animals can express their emotions!</p><p></p></div>