Say hi to Gino the Highland cow. He’s very fluffy (Image: SWNS)

The birth of a Highland cow in Italy has been celebrated in real Scottish style – with a bagpiper and whisky tiramisu.

Other People dressed up in kilts, did some Highland dancing, and even ate Highland cow truffles to welcome Gino the calf at the Orti Generali community garden in Turin.

When it came to deciding his name, locals had to choose from Gino, in honour of Turin-born First Global War hero Gino Lisa, Scottino to rouse Scotland or William after William Wallace.

He was once officially named Gino on the party dubbed ‘A Scottish Welcome’.

Orti Generali purchased Highland cows in September, Tina and Baboo – and now the burgeoning family on the lawn which was once waste land.

It used to be strewn with muddle and debris however has given that been transformed right into a citizen-led lawn undertaking made up of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY vegetable gardens.

Vegetables grown on the land, which is kept weed-free thanks to the cows, at the moment are bought from kiosks.

Highland cows are adapted to reside in foggy and chilly temperatures and so they help stay the small park in order by way of grazing at the land.

A bagpiper played a few tunes for locals wearing kilts (Image: SWNS)

Gino joins Tina and Baboo who also reside at the neighborhood garden (Image: SWNS)

The cows wanted a lie down in any case the celebrations (Picture: SWNS)

Stefano Olivari, founder of Orti Generali, stated: ‘They turn out to be a public resource.

‘The grazing animals perform by themselves and via their nature what could be an expensive public service.’

Francesco Tresso, inexperienced areas councillor for Turin, said: ‘such things as Orti Generali represent for the city an example of virtuous planning, which permit us to take care of and discover new sorts of urban agriculture in a renewed vision of the town fabric in context of the fact that by way of 2050, cities will area 70% of the world’s population.

‘varieties of eco-pasture are already present in different inexperienced spaces of town and the beginning of the brand new calf is a perfect sign that we can consolidate this route.’

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