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Arts Section of the BOSTON GLOBE Paying respects to Emily the Cow By Carol Beggy & Al Young, Globe Staff STOPPING TO SAY GOODBYE A steady stream of visitors stopped by the Sherborn Peace Abbey yesterday to pay their respects to Emily the Cow, who died Sunday of uterine cancer. After escaping from a Hopkinton slaughterhouse eight years ago, the 10-year-old cow made headlines worldwide and was regarded as a prominent symbol of vegetarianism. Last night, Emily was remembered at a memorial service in the Quaker room at the Peace Abbey. ''It's actually been quite beautiful - all the outpouring of support we've received ... e-mails from all over the world,'' said Lewis Randa, who, along with his wife, Meg, runs the Peace Abbey, a complex for contemplation and antiwar activism that houses the Greater Boston Vegetarian Resource Center. Emily will be buried at the Peace Abbey, not far from a statue of Gandhi and from the barn where she lived for her last eight years. The story of Emily's escape and her life in a custom-made barn in the suburbs is being chronicled in a feature film. |