Why didn't James Herriott ever think of this when he was faced with a difficult bovine delivery? A group of Bosnian choristers are awaiting their turn to use one of the safe routes - an old mine - out of Sarajevo so they can get to a competition in Paris and defend the honour of their war-torn nation. They have to wait until the incoming group arrive, though, and in the intervening moments a farmer races up to them asking if anyone is a doctor. Nobody is, but one trained to be a vet - and he is exactly what is needed. A cow has a twisted uterus and unless someone helps urgently both cow and ca…
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