Spotted by Pavlov's Cat at the BBC:
An "agitated" cow has been cornered after being chased down a major road by police in Nottinghamshire. The animal broke an electric fence in Bassingfield at 1230 GMT on Wednesday and headed for West Bridgford, leading police on an hour-long chase.
The animal raced along the A52 and charged at officers, then broke through three garden fences behind houses in Eltham Road. The cow was captured and put into a trailer by its owner at 1335 GMT.
Pc Wendy Brown, one of the officers who caught the cow, said: "The animal was extremely agitated and we were considering whether we would need a vet to come out and sedate it. Thankfully we managed to calm it down enough to get it into a trailer. This was definitely one of the strangest incidents I've had to deal with and given the route the cow took it was extremely lucky nobody was injured."
Pavlov's Cat makes the obvious point: "... it was extremely lucky nobody was injured"? Lucky, or just poor planning on the cow's part?
Big Green Bills
1 hour ago
4 comments:
I just knew you'd already have this one... ;)
At least they didn't try to shoot it with a 12-bore.
If it had got to West Bridford then the sitting MP, Ken Clarke, would have eaten it.
WV; pigmonee
Ta for link
"we were considering whether we would need a vet to come out and sedate it."
She forgot to add
"Or call in Police marksmen to shoot it several dozen times"
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