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Yvonne the German Cow Turns Herself in After Three Months on the Run

Last week The Blaze reported that Yvonne — a cow that escaped slaughter and was on the run in the Germany for three months — was still at large. Well, the search for the renegade cow ended anticlimactically: she essentially turned herself in .

Over the weekend, authorities suspended the search for Yvonne until October. Yvonne must have sensed when she was off the hook and moseyed onto a farmer’s land. The farmer turned her over to the Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary where she’s now munching peacefully on her cud. The Guardian shares some background:

Having been fattened up for slaughter, the six-year-old brown dairy cow escaped from her field in the village of Zangberg, 50 miles north-east of Munich, on 24 May. She managed to breach the electric fence surrounding her farm before seeking sanctuary in nearby forests. She led a quiet life grazing among the fir trees until she was nearly involved in a collision with a passing police car.

Following her escape the cow became, in the words of one newspaper, “a kind of freedom fighter for the animal loving German republic”. As word of her escapades spread, animal protection activists got involved, incensed that local hunters had been given permission to shoot Yvonne on sight. Gut Aiderbichl, an animal sanctuary over the Austrian border in Salzburg, agreed to buy Yvonne from the farm for €600.

According to AP, the cow “apparently got tired of the loneliness,” the local council in Muehldorf said in a statement. The Guardian also reports that Yvonne’s pasture will have a paddock.

Her Facebook friends wish her well: “I hope they treat you like the princess that you are.”

Comments (41)

  • Angry-Elf
    Posted on September 4, 2011 at 8:36am

    Somehow this has got to be Bush’s fault…

    Who left the cows out?… MOO- Moo Moo, Moo Moo, Moo….

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  • lylejk
    Posted on September 3, 2011 at 1:07am

    The enchated black forest released her to freedom. Some here I believe mentioned that you have to draw the line w.r.t. and animal being either food or family when you choose to give an animal a name. Good that she will be able to graze to greener and safer pastures the remaining part of her life. You go mooo girl. :)

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  • ying
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 5:17pm

    Yvonne is a pretty little sweetie.

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  • LOJ
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 4:51pm

    I hope Yvonne has many blissful days grazing and enjoying her freedom…I was going to be sick if they slaughtered her, after her magnificent escape from being hamburgers!

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  • hlstehle
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:34pm

    I say Chick-Fil-A should purchase Yvonne as a mascot for their advertisement.

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  • This_Individual
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:42pm

    What a ho!

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  • johnj1952
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:32pm

    The beef has returned. I hope that the adventure was inlightining, and a lesson to other cows. Good luck Yvonne.

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  • ejbonk
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:45am

    MOoooo,I’m Back from Vacation.MOoooo.

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  • DanWesson455
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 10:27am

    Her udder was dragging on the ground. She was yelling: JUST MILK ME!

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    • ida-russkie
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 9:38am

      Are you kidding? She went dry months ago. She most likely stopped giving enough milk. That is why she was going to slaughter. Perhaps she wanted the salt lick the other farmer had.

      Six years old is old for beef meet. She was destined to be Bologna. I guess she still is.

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  • bunnybeads
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:27am

    This is funny, I don’t care who you are. Or, at least is should be. It’s nice to read something like this, just to have a break from the doom and gloom of reality.

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  • SICKOFPCNESS
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:07am

    Facebook page? Really?

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  • drago
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 7:48am

    Til the cows come home…….Beef its whats for dinner…..The cow is no longer on the lamb….ok ill stop….

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  • toxicredm
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 6:41am

    Has The Blaze temporarily become The Onion?

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 8:09am

      Conservatives have a sense of humor. You must be an OTHER.

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  • confederacyofdunces
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:38am

    for all the comments you guys make about killing this animal I doubt that any of you have the huevos to do the dead with a knife and watch it. I doubt if any animal thought it was a good idea to get butchered for your table.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:46am

      Waaaaa!

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 6:44am

      PETA. People eating tasty animals! What’s your beef?

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    • drago
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 7:51am

      @confederacyofdunces
      Do the head with a knife, wtf you talkin bout willis? Sounds like you’re doing so “head” with a knife…..dimwit. Now go back to you’re backyard and graze some more….

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:13am

      Yeah, Baby!!!
      Beef- it’s not just fer breakfast anymore!
      The West wasn’t won on salad!
      Herbivors go first!
      Protein never tasted so good!
      The phase goes like this COWBOY up!!
      I can hardly wait for next seasons califlower Riding championships!
      Be all that she can be!

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    • RugerHoyt
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 11:28am

      I bet you $1000 I could gut, skin, and cut up the meat with a pocket knife, and not even once would the thought of “gross” go through my mind.

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    • Maine932
      Posted on September 3, 2011 at 7:11am

      Gee, I dunno…I live on a farm here in northern Maine…I slaughter 1 cow and 2 pigs a year along with about 30 chickens and 10 turkeys…Okay, I’ll do it for you…!

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  • Seeds
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:30am

    Guess her meter was still running and couldn’t produce enough milk to pay the stupid taxes

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 2:55am

      Maybe her milk was recalled by the government?

      She is asking for asylum in America. She wants to be one of those California ”happy cows” she saw on the commercials. Only problem with her plan is the California officials will confiscate her milk there too……….What is a cow to do?

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:19am

      @ Rational
      No, man! The real problem is that she is from a Eurpean country, and her linage can be traced back generations. Now, if she was some mutt that was confused as to the meaning of “father’s day”, Janet Incomiptano herself would be commiting resources, (on humintarian grounds) to import the old heifer here- and place her with a foster herd!!

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  • the gray lensman
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:07am

    How now, brown cow…..

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  • Bearfoot
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:00am

    Most cows don’t have much of a life.
    At least Yvonne “the princess cow” had some peace in the forest and a little adventure to spice up her life a bit. :-)

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    • thetroll01
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 10:31pm

      …and I’m sure she is conscious of every moment.

      It’s a cow, for Christ’s sakes. Some of you people care more about this DUMB,(yes, I mean DUMB) animal, than you do about your own kids.

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  • Apple Bite
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 1:00am

    Eat Mor Chikin’

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:59am

    Does this mean that she won’t be slaughtered?

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on September 2, 2011 at 9:24am

      The hat in the picture? ? I just gotta ask? What do you think- she’s going into retirement?

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  • blue_sky
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:51am

    In Australia a huge sheep escapeed slaughter house for 7 years hiding in a cave during “rounding time.”

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:36am

    Lassie come home!
    Somehow I don’t think Yvonne would make as good a movie……………….

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:31am

    DARN!!! I had my BBQ grill ready, I wanted to have her for DINNER!!!!

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on September 2, 2011 at 12:21am

    mOOOOOOO!

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