In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 25 dairy cows from a farm recently broke through a fence and escaped, frightened by a storm that struck overnight. With the assistance of local residents and law enforcement, the cows have been safely rounded up and returned to the farm, without any harm to humans.
According to reports from KYW TV, on the morning of April 16, residents of Bucks County were surprised to see over 20 cows appearing in several areas. These cows had actually escaped from a farm in Doylestown.
The owner of the farm, Annette Worthington, mentioned that on that morning she received a call from neighbors informing her that their 25 young dairy cows had crossed the pasture fence and escaped.
Worthington explained, “The storm last night frightened them. They ran through two electric fences, hitting them hard and pulling the fence posts out of the ground.”
Video footage captured by a mobile phone shows the cows running through a nearby parking lot in a development area. A camera at a neighbor’s doorstep even captured a young female cow stopping to inspect the outside surroundings. Worthington stated that the cows split into three groups, with the farthest one running up to 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away.
She said, “They were gone, we didn’t know where they were, and that was the scariest part.”
Speaking to WFMZ TV, she said, “Cows are like big deer, so they run really fast, much faster than you’d imagine. They can knock down anything in their path. It’s a bit challenging to catch them, especially when you have a large group like that.”
However, with the help of police, neighbors, and even strangers, Worthington managed to safely bring all the cows back home, though she described the incident as “painful.”
Worthington told KYW TV that these escaped cows represent the future of their farm. “This farm has been operated by our family since 1861, it’s our livelihood, so these cows mean everything to us. They are an integral part of our family, and everything we do revolves around these animals.”
She also mentioned that they don’t take vacations and don’t earn a lot of money, but they are here to take care of these cows. Therefore, for everyone in the farm, it was a relief to have the herd safely returned.
She said, “We are delighted that they are all back home. They are all safe, having dinner. They don’t even know what happened today. They don’t care.”
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