Steer Escapes From Ohio Slaughterhouse
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"Searchers on the ground and in a sheriff’s department helicopter Monday were looking for an Angus steer that postponed its date with a slaughterhouse by bolting out a gate that had been inadvertently left open.
The more than 1,000-pound animal escaped from a slaughterhouse holding pen Monday morning and ran into the woods of suburban Cincinnati, according to Colerain Township police and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
The steer was last seen heading into woods several blocks north of Stehlin’s Meat Market and Interstate 275, said Dick Stehlin, co-owner of the meatpacking business. He said the bovine should be approached with caution. ‘It’s not, say, a mean animal or anything like that, it’s just sort of in a panic stage,’ Stehlin said. ‘It’s just out running, not even knowing where it’s heading.’"
Oh, it knows exactly where it’s heading. Away.
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As odd as it might sound now, as a kid we raised cows when we lived in Alta Loma (now Rancho Cucamonga). There were even orange orchards out there still in places.
One steer got out and managed to escape, running down the road to a nearby supermarket parking lot. (Who knows? Maybe he was looking to pick up some milk?)
Regardless, it was more of a chase in slo-mo, though, and our Australian Shepherd, Captain, managed to herd the cow back home. Amazing dog, he was.