A TV report from Belgique Television back in the 1960’s introduces a strange new animal – the Vacheval.
Across between a horse and a cow, it was reared in an attempt to create CO2 reducing transport system.
Shot in 1963, this is previously unseen report footage from Belgique Television. It tells the story of a strange animal called a Vacheval.
Reared on a farm just outside Leuven in Belgium, it was a cross between a cow and a horse and was reared as a new form of CO2 reducing transportation.
Alain du Monde, an eco extraordinaire who worked for Belgique Television at that time, recalls the Vacheval; “The Vacheval were magnifique, they were not only eco but they were chic too, those behind the Vacheval were clearly visionary in recognising the future environmental issues facing man-kind” he says.
No one knows whether they actually exist today. There are rumours they all now live on a special retreat in the Alps, whilst some say they fled Europe in search of work. With little records of their existence, who knows what actually happened to the Vacheval?
