A calf that has stunned a vet by being born with three eyes is still being prepared to face its destiny.

Mala Hughes found the three-eyed calf while checking cattle for TB at a farm in Wales.

The four-month-old calf is completely healthy and not bothered by the additional eye but it is still destined to be eaten.

“Vets tend to see all sorts of things – cyclops lambs and animals born with two heads – but I have never seen anything like this before,” Malan said.

“From the outside the extra eye looks fine. It has eyelids and eyelashes, and it is moist too, as if some kind of lubricant is being secreted.

“But it’s impossible to know if anything is going on behind the eye.”

The calf’s third eye does not seem to be causing any problems.

Malan, who wors for the Milfeddygon Deufor veterinary practice, said that the calf should lead an otherwise ‘normal’ life for a beef animal that is destined for the food chain.

“It does not act any differently from any other calf,” she said. “As a veterinary practice, we will certainly be treating it with the same care we give every animal.”

“I took some pictures of the calf and carried on with my work,” she explained. “That evening I posted them on Twitter thinking that only a few of my regular followers would be interested.

“I’ve since had to turn off my phone because of the number of messages I’ve been getting.”

Seven years ago, one three-eyed calf in India was worshiped as a god.

Villagers in Tamil Nadu visited the animal, who was named after Lord Shiva, the Hindu god who represents insight and wisdom.

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