Moohunt: Runaway cow captures German hearts

[Lunabelle]

This really tickled me. A runaway cow for several months.



KIRSTEN GRIESHABER

Associated Press= BERLIN (AP) — A runaway cow named Yvonne is on the loose in Germany and the manhunt — or moohunt — for the Bavarian bovine has captivated the country.

The freedom-loving cow ran away from a little farm in Bavaria in May and has managed to hide successfully in the forests of southern Germany ever since — despite her sturdy 1,500-pound (700-kilogram) figure.

Locals have reported a few sightings of the brown dairy cow with the white head, but every time search teams have tried to capture her, Yvonne had already hoofed it from the area. A helicopter equipped with a thermal camera used in search-and-rescue missions returned Thursday empty-handed.

Searchers have tried to lure Yvonne into the open with food, with the bellows of her son Friesi and her sister Waltraud, even with a prospective mate named Ernst. Scores of volunteers are combing upper Bavaria's woods for her.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9808296

[rocktivity]

1. There was cow in New York City that escaped en route to a slaugherhouse

Her fortitude was rewarded with a pardon, and she's living out her days on a farm.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[alphafemale]

4. I remember a couple of escapes once that were

named by the news feed jockey.

Black and Gus.

They were two Black Angus cattle.

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

2. It sort of breaks my heart, actually...

because now, I have to wonder how many of these wonderful, gentle animals, actually "figure it out," and live their last moments in such horrific fear and distress, no matter what steps are taken to ensure "humane measures" are taken.

I'm rooting for you, Yvonne.

[Lunabelle]

3. Here is her facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yvonne-the-German-Cow/180873455317628?ref=ts&sk=wall

[KT2000]

5. Had a runaway cow

standing in front of my car on the street. I flashed my headlights hoping that would scare her back to her field. But noooooo. She zeroed in on the headlights, came toward my car, turned and peed on the front bumper.
Luckily, someone who knows how to corral a cow came along and moved her home.