BIG Moo, a gigantic cow and South East icon was attacked by dogs at the weekend, leaving the enormous bovine with bite marks on its legs — but he’s on the mend.

The giant cow was attacked by the dogs in his Glencoe paddock overnight on Saturday.

Moo’s carer Joanne Vine said the injuries looked clean and Moo was on the mend but one of his back legs was still giving him some grief.

Big Moo, who measures 190cm at his withers, is the very definition of gentle giant according to Ms Vine.

“He loves a hug and a cuddle which makes it even worse that this has happened,” Ms Vine said.

“He has only just recovered from a dog bite which got infected and we had to put him on some pretty monstrous medication, which wasn’t fun for anyone involved.

“Most farmers can put their livestock in a crush or something to hold them still but Moo doesn’t fit in them so we had no way to restrain him to give him medication.”

On Sunday morning Ms Vine arrived at Big Moo’s paddock, which he shares with a number of horses, to find fences destroyed by rampaging horses and Moo with bite marks on his legs.

She put the word out to the local community to keep an eye out for stray dogs around the paddock.

Sure enough, in the early hours of Monday morning, Ms Vine and her husband were woken by a phone call that dogs had been seen terrorising live stock in the area.

The couple made record time getting to Big Moo, dodging kangaroos and possums on the dark country roads.

They arrived to find Big Moo happily eating away in his field and a little confused by the lights being shone into the paddock.

Ms Vine said she was humbled by the concern from the community for the wellbeing of Big Moo.