Last Thursday morning, early, an unknown state trooper went for a rather wild ride while trying to help Paterson police catch a cow that escaped from a cattle truck en route to a slaughterhouse. (I must admit, my heart was thrilled to find out the cow was saved from slaughter!) Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said, “He tried to get around it and hold it, and then he’s riding it like a bull down Route 80.”1
“The cow was caught running across Route 80, and almost all the on-duty Paterson officers responded to a call around 2:41 a.m. about an injured cow headed toward the city, Speziale said. He said the cow kicked open the door of the trailer she was in and jumped onto the highway from the upper level.”2
No one was hurt or killed (including the cow!) and the cow was safely removed from the roadway and sent to the vet by Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in Wantage.
Again, happy that no one got hurt and equally overjoyed that she will be able to safely live out the rest of her days at the sanctuary!
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