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Captured Cow Called Cantankerous, Crabby

Tranquilizer Darts End 12-Day Romp

CINCINNATI -- The cow that made national headlines by escaping certain death at a Cincinnati meat packing plant has a new temporary home.


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The cow, which spent 12 days running from authorities in Cincinnati's Mount Storm Park, was taken to a farm owned by Denny Dowers of Miamitown, Ohio, according to a Cincinnati television station.

Officers from the Cincinnati Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hit the cow with a tranquilizer dart at about 9:30 p.m. Monday evening. It took a second dart and a sedation injection before the cow was loaded into a trailer at about 1 a.m. Tuesday.

The cow spent Wednesday morning locked in the trailer. At times, she was calm, and at other times, she butted her head against the trailer in an effort to regain her freedom.

Those who have seen the cow since its capture described it as belligerent and cantankerous. The cow was not injured during its time in the park or its capture, the TV station reported.

Harold Dates, SCPA general manager, said that capturing the 1,200-lb. cow wasn't easy, even with the help of the tranquilizers.

"I had hold of one rope down there, and I weigh about 250 pounds," Dates said. "That cow was dragging me all over the place."

Officers with the Cincinnati Police Division are glad to be moving on after they had to close the park to sightseers for several days.

"I'm glad the cow's caught," police spokesman Lt. Kurt Byrd said. "I'm glad it seems as though they're going to retire her somewhere on a farm. I think she's earned it at this point."

Dozens of individuals and groups, including former Cincinnati Reds majority owner Marge Schott and some animal rights groups, have offered to provide a permanent home for the cow, and the owner of the meat processing facility has said that he will let the cow live out its days.