New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

A moo-ving bond OUR LOVE IS NO BULL!

Friends come in all shapes and sizes, but for Marlborough’s Alex Chaves, her favourite is Theodore, an 800kg bull.

The unlikely pair met three years ago when Alex rescued four-day-old Theodore just hours before he was due to be slaughtered.

“Theo’s amazing and I haven’t felt a connection with any other animal like I have with him,” says Alex, 25, who now lives and works as a manager at

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