This is why people are losing respect for the police...
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Don
I heard the cow was packing heat.
I've had to phone the rscpca for a distressed swan before, they left it so long it died.
Not quite the same situation mind....
Soldato
Hmmm, choices choices 
That looked like a tricky situation brought under control quickly and in a controlled manner, well done.
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Evil police officer just wants to murder harmless 1 ton cuddly animal, they should be shot, I'm calling the RSPCA immediately!!!!!!!!
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I'm not sure why the Police thought that was an appropriate response, and I don't think hitting the cow was nice, but I'll wait until we have more information before jumping online.
It'd be interesting to see a poll of the posters so far to see who works on the land in the countryside/is a farmer and who is a townie, because I think we might just see an interesting split if we did!
That looked like a tricky situation brought under control quickly and in a controlled manner, well done.
or
Evil police officer just wants to murder harmless 1 ton cuddly animal, they should be shot, I'm calling the RSPCA immediately!!!!!!!!
or
I'm not sure why the Police thought that was an appropriate response, and I don't think hitting the cow was nice, but I'll wait until we have more information before jumping online.
It'd be interesting to see a poll of the posters so far to see who works on the land in the countryside/is a farmer and who is a townie, because I think we might just see an interesting split if we did!
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Soldato
Apparently they asked the cow to moove, but it didn't.
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I know a local swan hero, who regularly saves swans in the locality in all kinds of conditions. He said all the swans with minor ailments he's allowed goto the RSPCA have been put down when they did not need to be. He was looking after a bleeding swan when I met up with him and then the RSPCA showed up when he was waiting for a Swan Sanctuary to take it. The RSPCA seemed like a decent well meaning woman but neither of us were going to let her take the Swan given his experiences with them
The cow probably had some beef
So my story was a bit similar, I phoned up to say there was a swan stuck in a lock. They came out, yeah it's fine it can escape fine. I phoned back a few hours later, I'm pretty sure it can't escape, it's -5 and the canal is freezing over. Got a call back, with can I go check on it - I was in work so couldn't. She said she'd go check again, but it would be fine.
Got home from work and it was dead. Which is a shame, I phoned up moments after it got stuck and she was out twice. No idea why they didn't just get it out.
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Soldato
Na hanging them upside down and cutting their head off is though apparently.
Id probably call a sanctuary owner, not an organisation which seems to only care about cats and dogs.
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Don
RSPCA prosecute in the cases of animal cruelty...
Yeah, but in most cases as mentioned above, the animal in question is generally euthanized anyway. Yes I look after large animals and I really wouldn't touch RSPCA with a bargepole, and I would add, large animals loose in an urban area are a huge danger to traffic and so need to be stopped in anyway possible. Cop was right. Oh and I spelt loose right unlike most on this forum.
Video from before they rammed it
it's tiny and clearly no danger to anyone.
seems lost and doesn't know what to do but show an interest in people, probably the one thing it really recognises.
a piece of rope as a lasso and it's all over, or just coax it into a garden and get a trailer to park at the gate.
seems lost and doesn't know what to do but show an interest in people, probably the one thing it really recognises.
a piece of rope as a lasso and it's all over, or just coax it into a garden and get a trailer to park at the gate.
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Hmmm, choices choices
That looked like a tricky situation brought under control quickly and in a controlled manner, well done.
No
No
Bingo
Unless it turns out to be an ISIS calf wearing a suicide belt...
Lived in countryside all my life, currently live with my partner on her 60 acre farm where we have horses, cattle and sheep.
Have never heard of or seen someone controlling an escaped animal in this way and for the police to say they had been trying for hours, it's keystone cops level of competency.
Don
I wouldn’t be getting the RSPCA to deal with the animal
The police need educated in how to deal with escaped farm animals - it was a quiet side street in the middle of the night.
Here's an article about a loose cow in NY city, slightly busier than that suburban street in Surrey, and not an isolated incident by the sound of it.
Police corrall the cow and get a rope around its neck, sorted.
www.nytimes.com
It's not rocket science lol
Police corrall the cow and get a rope around its neck, sorted.
Cow Is Captured by the Police After Running Loose in Queens (Published 2016)
The cow, which had escaped from a slaughterhouse, was corralled by officers after it darted into a parking garage.
It's not rocket science lol
Soldato
I won't even watch the video. Running it over FFS.
Soldato
Unless you're a pig/chicken/cow/duck/sheep....