A farming family who celebrated the birth of their first calf triplets online have been bombarded with abuse by militant vegans.
Jonny Crickmore and his wife Dulcie were left terrified by the onslaught, which included death threats to their children.
But the scare tactics backfired after well-wishers gave the couple's business 800 five-star reviews, with sales at the farm soaring as a result.
They had posted a picture of the newborn calves on Facebook and Twitter, with the caption: "This is the first set of triplets ever to be born on our farm and is a very unusual occurrence in cows. In fact it's a 700,000 to 1 chance! The babies are called Mark, Dom and Laura (after our cheese team) and are doing well."