“The only thing worse than chasing one cow is chasing two.”
Sue Baker, Animal control office from Plattsmouth, Nebraska
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| Photo by Stacey Wilhoit |
There’s a fugitive on the loose in Plattsmouth, Nebraska (population 6,867), and citizens are keeping a watchful eye. It’s not that they’re worried about a convict breaking into their homes; it’s more that they’re worried about a cow stepping in front of their cars. You see, the fugitive is a 1,500-pound heifer, and she’s been running the streets, and backyards, of Plattsmouth for three months, ever since she fell off the back of a cattle truck. Townspeople spot her mostly at night, and the big black cow that appears out of nowhere gives them quite a fright. Animal control officer Sue Baker has been in pursuit of the hide-and-seek heifer without much luck, but she has a plan. Ms. Baker has borrowed a calf from a nearby cattle farm to use as bait to lure the runaway cow. But she’s uneasy leaving the calf out by itself at night so she’s pulling all-night shifts cow watching. As Ms. Baker says, the only thing worse than chasing one cow is chasing two.
Read the article → Where’s the beef? Cow loose in Plattsmouth
UPDATE: December 8, 2011
The cow has been caught. Remember how Sue Baker, the animal control officer, tried to lure the cow by putting out a calf as bait? Okay, that didn’t work. The cow didn’t bite. Then, Ms. Baker discovered the cow had given birth to her own calf in the woods, so she used that calf as bait, and it worked . . . for a while. When Ms. Baker tried to corral the cow in a makeshift pen, the cow kicked down the fence panel and bolted. Finally, Ms. Baker solicited the help of three cowboys. They tracked the cow in the snow, roped her, and brought her in. As for Ms. Baker, she went home for a nice long sleep.
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