A Friesian cow on a farm in Gorey, Ireland, has impressed her owners after bonding successfully with an orphaned foal, becoming his foster mother. The foal, named Thomas, had had a normal birth and was doing well during the first seven days of his life. He was orphaned on his eighth day when his mother suffered a severe hemorrhage. Des Devereux, the farm’s owner, said they’d had to act fast to find a foster mother for the orphaned foal. “We found one straight away and we tried very hard to get it to work, but we knew after three days it was not going to,” Des told H&H. “So we kept it until we found another mare, again the foal was willing but it just did not happen.” After the two failed attempts at fostering the foal, the farmer’s 8-year-old son Charlie suggested that they try one of their dairy …