RUNAWAY COW) GERMANY — Yvonne, a 6-year-old cow, has hunters, activists, and even police officers fooled as she runs for her life around the German countryside. Yvonne began her journey after escaping slaughter on a farm in Muehldorf and retreating to nearby grasslands where she remained for several weeks. All was well until she jumped in front of some German police cars, was deemed a traffic threat, and set to be hunted. Animal advocates then fought Yvonne’s death sentence and sought to bring her in themselves, but she is still on the loose. There is now a reward out for her capture and all we can do is hope she is brought in safely if she cannot remain free.
Read on for more regarding this cow’s potentially life-saving move. — Global Animal
Source : Huffington Post, Tara Kelly
A runaway cow has captivated the attention of the media, police authorities, hunters, animal rights activists and even the Hindu community.
Yvonne has been on the run since May, and though several attempts have been made to capture her none have been successful. All eyes are on Yvonne, the six-year-old fugitive cow.
The mayhem began in May when Yvonne escaped from a farm in Muehldorf, Germany, where she was being prepared for slaughter, reports Der Spiegel.
Making a new life for herself, the cow settled into the woods, grazing the Bavarian countryside, until she jumped in front of German police cars. Authorities deemed her a traffic threat and permitted hunters to shoot her, which outraged animal rights activists, reports the Guardian.
Spurring a conflict between animal rights activists and hunters, an Austrian animal protection group jumped into the mix. Conflicting reports suggest that the group either has offered, or has already bought the cow from her original farm for 700 euros, according to The Local.
Animal rights activists have done everything they can to save her. Unsuccessful attempts include sending her best friend and her own family members into the wild. But, according to Reuters, “Yvonne only took a look at them from a distance before running away again.”
Animal activists recently even brought in a bull named Ernst to try to romance the clever animal. But, according to the Mirror, they soon discovered that the bull had been castrated, and the idea was a flop.
The Guardian reports another one of their endeavors entailed consulting an animal psychic:
Franziska Matti, an animal communication expert from Berne in Switzerland, said she had managed to contact Yvonne using telepathy. “I spoke to her yesterday and she said that she was fine but didn’t feel ready to come out of hiding,” said Matti. “She said she knew that Ernst had been waiting for her but that she was scared. She said she thought that humans would lock her up and she would no longer be free.”
The Hindu community recently issued a statement calling for German authorities to withdraw permission for hunters to shoot her, saying the decision was ill advised, according to ANI.
After grabbing headlines, MSNBC reported that a German newspaper created a Facebook page and offered a reward of over $14,000 to anyone who can capture Yvonne.
Earlier this month, a bull broke free from a slaughterhouse in New York, but was later captured. In 2006, the “Unsinkable Molly B” made headlines as a cow who leapt a slaughterhouse gate and escaped death.
Source : http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/08/20/german-cow-runs-for-her-life/48693
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