What was very likely the biggest bovine in the world died on Tuesday in a farm just outside of Steinbach.

“Dozer”, a seven-year-old steer, lived and died on Kismet Creek Farm, south of the city. At his most recent measurement, he was 6' 5".

“He did kind of put us on the map,” offers Owner Karl Schoenrock. “Having such a ginormous beauty seemed to attract more attention than normal.”

That may, in fact, be an understatement. Dozer’s appeal stretched far and wide. The sheer size of him gave the small animal sanctuary he called home international fame in 2018 when he was found to be as big if not bigger than “Knickers”, a celebrity cow from Australia who measured in at 6’4”.

de friends with both his fellow animal residents and the many many humans who came to see him.

“This just goes to show that all animals can be like big pets if you just treat them that way,” he says.

Dozer was originally donated to the centre by a woman named Rebecca Hanuschuk, who felt Kismet Creek Farm would be an idyllic place for her beloved bovine to spend his days. Schoenrock believes she was right.

“He lived with a whole bunch of other animals that wouldn’t be going for slaughter and he was able to have friends and hang out and do things that normal cattle don’t get to do.”