Virginia Dale, Colorado - Dominican nuns feed a calf at the Abbey of St. Walburga.

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Virginia Dale, Colorado - The Abbey of St. Walburga, where Dominican nuns pray and run a cattle ranch. Sister Maria Walburga (left), the ranch manager, and Sister Maria Gertrude try to convince the calf Cracker Jack to drink milk from a bottle. Cracker Jack had to be weaned early.

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Location: Virginia Dale, Colorado USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
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