Cow Escapes Slaughter House, Runs Loose in Queens!
- Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:38am by
Tiffany Gabbay
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Here‘s a scene you don’t see every day. A “mad” cow escaped from a local slaughterhouse led butchers and one Halal food cart worker in hot pursuit of the bovine beast through the busy streets of Queens, New York, before it was ultimately captured on the campus of York college in Jamaica.
The video features the cow galloping past cars and pedestrians down the bustling Liberty Avenue in Jamaica. Apparently a tow truck driver captured the scene on his smart phone.
NBC New York brings us the hilarious tale:
The driver with Vice Towing was standing on the flat of his truck when he saw the animal run towards him. He got back in the truck, where he took video on his cell phone.
“We were all screaming,” said the driver, who identified himself as Moe. Animals sometimes escape from a nearby slaughterhouse, he said, but none as big as this.
“We’ve seen a few chickens roaming around, but no cow.”
John Cohen, who was also in the truck, said butchers and the man working behind a nearby Halal cart tried in vain to capture it.
“This thing was charging, spit flying out of its mouth,” he said. “It was crazy.”
Video showed the animal later appeared on the campus of York College in Jamaica, where it was finally caught.
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.
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Comments (52)
Charles
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:29pmThis cow saw what was coming and fled the herd!
Report Post »I wish I could buy it and keep it on a farm.
I like steak and alll, but this cow could be my friend = )
skippy6
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 6:18pmI agree, let him graze in a field and live his life…
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:21pmHe can run, but he can’t hide. BEEF. It‘s what’s for dinner.
Report Post »click_name_4_impeachment
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:57amThe cow earned it’s freedom….lol….I love steaks, and burgers but come on…
Report Post »ying
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 5:02pmYes, he earned his freedom. He should be allowed to live his life after that one.
Report Post »Minpin1985
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:52amThat‘s something you don’t see every day in the middle of the city! LOL! But seriously, screaming because of a cow? It wasn’t even running at them!
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 3:47pmThey are killed painlessly in American slaughter houses by shooting them in the head with a bolt.
The kosher slaughter houses are different and they suffer terribly before they die.
http://alturl.com/5fti4
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:46amThere goes my burger; oh well. Just ate a bowl of grits and cheeze and 2 eggs over easy, so not so hungry right now anyway. :)
Report Post »AntiLiberal74
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:33am‘Where’s the Code Pink rally?????’
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:32amRare steak to go? Coming up!
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:25amI was rooting for the Cow to escape and find a nice owner who wouldn’t use it for Hamburgers. I guess if I knew how these animals were killed I would give up meat…I’m just an animal lover!
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:59ammmmm he looks tasty.
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:07amThis has me humming the tune to the song “Cows with Guns” for some reason.
Report Post »InformationSeek
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:59amrun cow run, this makes me want to eat less meat
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:22pmYes, the more they run the tougher the steak.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:52amThe next report will be of Obama escaping the slaughter house after he’s defeated by Rick Perry in the 2012 elections! Go Rick!
Report Post »AntiLiberal74
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:31amPreview of the upcoming remake of ‘Top Secret’
Report Post »tommysoap
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:22amCalling officer Robert Barone, calling officer Robert Barone!
Report Post »Minpin1985
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:49amLOL! That is Hillarious!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:36pmHe off somewhere on a tangent yelling at black folks.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:11amRun Elsie Run. For those who don‘t know Elsie was the Bordon Glue’s mascot “Elmer”, Female Cow Wife.
Report Post »Elsie was created in the 1930s to symbolize the “Perfect Dairy Product,” and made an appearance at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. She also starred in a movie, RKO’s Little Men, in 1940. For a time in the mid-1940s when she was voiced by Hope Emerson, she was better known than some human celebrities, and Elsie the Cow remains among the most recognizable product logos in the United States and Canada[1].
Elsie’s husband, Elmer the Bull, was later lent to Borden‘s chemical division as the mascot for Elmer’s Glue. Their offspring included Beulah, Beauregard (born 1948), and twins Larabee and Lobelia (born 1957). Elsie has earned such honorary degrees from Universities as Doctor of Bovinity[4], Doctor of Human Kindness and Doctor of Ecownomics. In Wisconsin, which had its reigning Dairy Princesses, Elsie was named Queen of Dairyland. The Seneca Indian Tribe named her an honorary chief, and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, presented her with their P.T. Barnum Award of Showmanship. And in 2000, Elsie was named one of the top 10 advertising icons of the century by Ad Age.
Am I OLD OR WHAT?
BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:39amI worked for Borden Chemical division.Now we are called “Momentive Specialty Chemicals.” Glad to put that Elmer and Elsie stuff away.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:35pm“Momentive Specialty Chemicals.” I’ll never look at White Glue the same way again.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 2:38pmBorden (the Dairy division)was sold.They just get to keep the name.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:21amYour Old.
Report Post »Infidel and Proud
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:31amA new definition to the term “Fast Food ”
Report Post »3katmomma
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:26amI’m sorry, but that was a steer. The person reporting this as a cow, must have been related to the congressman, who, during world war II was taking a tour of the Chicago stock yards, saw the thousands of steers, and wondered why they weren’t being used for breeding stock.
Report Post »For those of you city folk who have no idea about such things, steers are bulls that have been neutered so their physiology will focus on developing the ideal fat/meat ratio for the slauter house.
Julie2010
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:53amThree generations from the family farm.
Report Post »Julie2010
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:00am“We were all screaming,”
Oh yea, that will help.
Not.
Report Post »anigmanm
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:14amkinda gives home delivery a new meaning
Report Post »MacadamiaNut
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:10amI believe “cow” refers to a female…This critter is no cow.
Report Post »chdorb
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:59amThis guy suvived his execution for whatever reason ergo he should be put out to pasture and allowed to live out his natural life.
Report Post »You go bovine!
LB
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:16amfor sure
Report Post »ld7coast
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:52amI am a butcher. I can tell you that there is no way that I would just let this one go and say “oh well, he deserves to be free” When you work with these animals every day and deal with how stupid they are, there is no sadness in shooting them.
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:53amMmmm……fresh steak on the grill.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:25amawwww poor cow… he looks delicious..
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:34amIf animals weren’t meant to be eaten, they wouldn’t taste so delicious. I bet poison ivy tastes like crap.
Report Post »Iman Barak Hussein
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:21amWhat’s the dif?
Report Post »the city is a zoo anyway.
HeavyMetalRooster
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:02amWhere’s the beef?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:54amI have to give it credit for making it as far as it did.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:44amFeminist (mad cow) on the run…
Report Post »Julie2010
Posted on August 12, 2011 at 5:26pmWhat? Oprah bought a treadmill?
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