All sorts of animals serve as guards to protect people and property. Dogs are the most obvious, perhaps. But llamas, geese and donkeys also play the role of defender.
Then there is the gentle dairy cow. At the intersection of Hubbell and University avenues in Des Moines, Iowa, stands Annie, a 2,500-pound, 14-foot-tall fiberglass cow along with her calf Eric. In truth, Annie and Eric are more like greeters to visitors of Anderson Erickson Dairy.