German Cow is Free at Last!

Yvonne the cow that escaped from a farm in Bavaria in May has been caught and thankfully the cow that stole the hearts of the German people in her fight for animal liberation is now at Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary where activists originally paid €600 to prevent her slaughter.

Although initially there was a €10,000 reward placed on her capture where she managed three months on the run before a farmer reported seeing her on his land.

Konrad Gutmann, 46, claimed the €10,000 reward by the German tabloid Bild - after seeing what he thought was a lonely animal wandering towars his land to befriend his cows."It was just luck really. I was out taking a tour of my electric fence with my daughter Melanie at about 6pm when I saw Yvonne on the other side staring at the young cows. ". In  an interview with the Daily Mail he describes how after initially "She was very nervous,'   he herded her to his field.

The animal sanctuary that now owns Yvonne confirmed that the cow had been moved to her new home. She has been identified by the tag on her ear to being the missing cow.