Saturday, June 30, 2018

Charity statue is taken down

The controversial statue of Holstein cow Charity has been taken down after a wind storm blew off some metal maple leaves from a garland around the cow’s neck.

Neighbours complained that it’s a hazard, the municipality agreed, Helen Roman-Barber sought a court injunction, but the judge ruled in favour of Markham municipality and the statue came down.

Roman-Barber has put it in storage while she continues to battle to have it put back up.

The neighbours have never liked the statue, but lost previous efforts to have it removed.

Charity was owned by Romandale Farms Ltd., founded by uranium miner and millionaire Steven Roman. She is one of the outstanding Holsteins among the Canadian population that was, at the time, by far the best in the world.