How now, brown cow? Run for it!

[April 02, 2009]  HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) -- A dairy cow was headed for the slaughterhouse until an animal-rights activist bought her after the Brown Jersey made a run for it.

Farmer Calvin Nisly was taking the 5-year-old cow named Linda to a sale barn Tuesday and had stopped at a veterinarian's office to be sure she wasn't pregnant. On the way back to the trailer, an annoyed Linda escaped through a fence and led Nisly and several law enforcement vehicles on a chase.

Soon after the cow was captured, Hutchinson resident and animal-rights activist Danny Brizendine stepped into the bizarre scene and learned that Linda was headed for slaughter. Brizendine agreed to buy her for $700, and paid $300 to pasture and feed her for the rest of the year.

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Information from: The Hutchinson News, http://www.hutchnews.com/

[Associated Press]

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