Just like the bull in the story, Ferdinand, who comes from Lower Austria, is a very gentle and good-natured bull. He and a little girl have had a close friendship from the very beginning. "He comes here immediately when I visit him, lets me stroke him and licks me," the girl told a newspaper that published this story. However, the article was also about saving Ferdinand's young life, as he was to be slaughtered. For her eleventh birthday, she therefore wished to collect the price for his life in order to save his life. With the help of many who were deeply touched by this story, they succeeded and a short time later Ferdinand was allowed to move into Gut Aiderbichl.
