NOTD: Aggressive Moo
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A runaway bull, that was spotted running down Main Street in Kutztown (Pennsylvania), prompted the Kutztown University Police Department to issue an aggressive cow alert after the animal made its way onto campus, Sunday night. The bovine appeared scared because it was unfamiliar with its surroundings, police said in the alert that went out via its emergency notification system, about 7:15p. It advised recipients to avoid the North Campus and to not approach the bull, if encountered.
About 30 minutes later, campus police sent an update saying the animal’s owner, from the Fleetwood area, was on his way to retrieve the runaway. A third update, sent about 8:45p, indicated the threat to the campus community had ended but, the bull was, reportedly, still on the loose, last seen in Fleetwood. A video taken by Aaron Merkel and, shared to YouTube, showed the bovine as it trotted down Main Street in Kutztown, trailed by a police car. It could not be verified Monday morning with Fleetwood Police whether there were any livestock sightings in the borough and whether the bull was back in its owner’s possession.
A Berks County 911 Supervisor said there were no calls Monday morning for wandering livestock.
Reading Eagle
Steven Henshaw
June 26, 2023
The bovine’s owner was contacted but, the cow left the scene before it could be captured. University spokesman Matt Santos said the cow made a second visit to campus on Tuesday night. He said police caught up with the animal near Lytle Hall but, it fled into the nearby woods before it could be wrangled.
UPI
Ben Hooper
June 28, 2023
I don’t think they have found Mr. Moo, yet. ~Vic
Aggressive Cow Spotted Again (WFMZ/69 News/Berks Regional/Tom Rader/06-28-2023)
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June 29, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Looks like a steer and he was on a mission.
June 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM
Yeah. LOL! He had places to go!
June 29, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Yep!
June 29, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Go Mr. Moo go! Escape!
We had a bear going through neighborhoods recently around Nashville… we rarely see bears.
June 29, 2023 at 5:56 PM
The evening news in this area has been showcasing a lot of bear encounters.
June 29, 2023 at 7:30 PM
We never have them…they are in Gatlinburg like crazy but not in middle Tn usually
June 29, 2023 at 8:01 PM
It’s odd, here. Bears are in the Eastern parts and, naturally, in our mountains. Rarely we hear of them at the coast, nor west of Greensboro. Must be food supplies & woodland parks…
June 29, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Yea they are in our eastern part…I’m not sure how the hell that one got here…he must have been traveling for a while
June 29, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Hardly aggressive. City folks don’t know aggressive. And, friend on the youtube, that is a steer.
June 29, 2023 at 6:06 PM
They admitted in the article that it was scared. And, with horns…yep…steer.
Speaking of aggressive, we had a local dairy farmer get attacked by a bull:
https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/gofundme-surpasses-goal-for-nc-dairy-farmer-attacked-by-bull-wednesdays-surgery-successful/
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/gofundme-surpasses-goal-for-alamance-county-dairy-farmer-attacked-by-bull-surgery-successful/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alamance-county-farmer-back-at-work-after-bull-attack/ar-AA1cOTYb
Alamance is my home county. Randy makes wonderful gelato.
June 30, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Cows have horns also. It’s up to the farmer/rancher to de-horn them. Sometimes they are polled (meaning they are born with a birth defect that makes them hornless) Most ranchers/farmers dehorn for safety sake, but others leave them so they can protect the herd
June 30, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Interesting. I did notice, while living in Texas, that Longhorn females have horns, too.
June 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM
Yep for protection.
July 1, 2023 at 4:31 PM
I do not think they know what the word aggressive means ha.
July 2, 2023 at 12:09 AM
Nope…esp. with my spiritual “mom”, above, that lives on a farm. Linda knows her stuff on a Colorado farm.
Read up on our local dairy farmer that was attacked (above).