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Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« on: January 08, 2006, 08:28:35 pm »
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Cow escapes from slaughterhouse
1,200-pound heifer dodges vehicles, train before being recaptured

Updated: 5:19 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2006
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A cow that escaped a slaughterhouse dodged vehicles, ran in front of a train, braved the icy Missouri River and took three tranquilizer darts before being recaptured six hours later.

The black, 1,200-pound heifer jumped a gate at the packing plant at around 5 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

The cow apparently wandered through residential areas for a time before police received reports at about 9:30 a.m. that it was in the middle of a busy intersection.

Police tried to catch the cow, and had her wedged between a stock trailer and a fence, but the heifer barreled through the fence toward the river, nearly being hit by an SUV.

With the police in pursuit, the cow ran toward the railroad tracks and darted in front of an oncoming locomotive. Crossing another road, the cow was nearly struck by a semi tractor-trailer.

"By then it was a madhouse," said police officer Corey Reeves. "People were coming out of the woodwork to see."

When police, animal control officers and slaughterhouse workers surrounded the cow in a park near the Missouri River, the cow jumped into the icy water. As she swam to the west bank of the river, Reeves said she sank lower in the water and was being swept downstream.

But the cow found a sandbar near the river's west bank and walked to shore.

Authorities tried unsuccessfully to shoot the cow with a tranquilizer gun three times.

Finally, slaughterhouse workers created a makeshift pen with metal panels that led to a stock trailer. The cow walked into the trailer at 11:45 a.m., authorities said.

The cow was taken back to the slaughterhouse, where it was put in a pen -- with a stronger fence.

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Sad ending - well, maybe happy, cuz I love steak.

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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2006, 12:24:54 pm »

Sad ending - well, maybe happy, cuz I love steak.

So true.

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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2006, 01:03:05 pm »
I'd say this one earned a pardon from execution- put it back on the range.
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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2006, 11:18:51 pm »
Every time I see a cow thread, I think of this old Taldren Classic.

http://www.3dweb.no/galleri/stuestolbm/bilder/anim1.swf

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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2006, 12:52:01 am »
Oh man I love that one.  ;D +1 for digging up that gem Stephen.

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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2006, 03:56:53 pm »
I just wanted to be free like my friend.  :-)


MOOOO!!!


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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2006, 06:23:50 pm »
OMFG

Who the fark is this guy cow?????

MOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2006, 09:16:45 pm »
Cmon, surely you must remember moofighters? Avid proponent of all things bovine back on the Taldren boards. :moo:

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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2006, 09:28:55 pm »
Cmon, surely you must remember moofighters? Avid proponent of all things bovine back on the Taldren boards. :moo:

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Re: Ubercow!!! MoooooOOO!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2006, 09:34:55 pm »
I'd say this one earned a pardon from execution- put it back on the range.

Gotta agree with Clark on this one. As much as I love a good ribeye, this cow deserves a pardon from the gub'mint.

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