Calf born with third eye on forehead — but still destined for slaughter

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Veterinarian Malan Hughes made the “extremely rare” discovery when testing cattle for TB at a farm in Gwynedd. Ms Hughes said she rears around three thousand calves a year but had “never seen anything like” the three-eyed cow. “From the outside the extra eye looks fine,” Ms Hughes told NorthWalesLive, “It has eyelids and eyelashes, and it is moist too, as if some kind of lubricant is being secreted.” She added: “But it’s impossible to know if anything is going on behind the eye.” Ms Hughes came across the three-eyed calf while testing cattle for TB at Jake Jones's farm in Gwynedd. “Vets tend to see all sorts of things - cyclops lambs and animals born with two heads – but I have never seen anything like this before.” The vet said the dairy-British Blue cross should lead a “normal” life of a cow destined for slaughter.