Hundreds of life-size cows painted by artists and schoolchildren are on display at parks and other public spaces in the five boroughs.

At the entrance to the gallery is a stable full of life-size cows, made of wooden frames covered with mud and straw.

For the auction, a committee selected 75 of the 500 life-size cows, each sponsored by a corporation, civic group, cultural institution or other organization.

The best patient was the life-size stuffed cow.

Tomorrow we're hiring a cherry picker and putting this life-size cow half way up that tree.

B1 Selling Off the Herd Seventy-five of the 500 life-size cows in the public art event CowParade New York 2000 were auctioned off for charity.

With that, she was off to the fabric shop to gather materials and try her hand at creating a life-size stuffed cow.

Inspired by her own recent visit there, Ms. Caldwell, a Brooklyn sculptor having her first solo exhibition, has turned the gallery into a schematic theater set with a life-size sacred cow rendered in white molded plastic at its center.