lol, a news story Temple Grandin would appreciate
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,778580,00.html
~Caitlin
UPDATE: Yvonne's life is no longer in danger. Now all we need is Temple Grandin to explain things to her.
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110826-37205.html
~Caitlin
What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing this.
This was my favorite wild animal story in my area this year:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/buffalo_cemeterys_webca m_track.html
I love interspecies altruism stories and yours is one of the best I've seen, so charming in fact that I've just emailed it to a couple of my friends.
Thanks!
~Caitlin
Unbeknownst to me until now, Yvonne finally turned herself in!
But don't be alarmed. All's well that ends well.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/01/140123361/yvonne-german ys-runaway-cow-has-been-captured
The Gut Aiderbichl animal sanctuary, which now owns the errant bovine, said Thursday that a farmer had called to say Yvonne had shown up on her farm in the Muehldorf area, near the Austrian border. One of the sanctuary's employees was able to confirm Yvonne's identity with the help of her ear tag.
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The six-year-old cow "apparently got tired of the loneliness," the local council in Muehldorf said in a statement, adding that she had jumped over a fence to join her fellow bovines.
Yvonne is now grazing contentedly with four calves and appears "healthy and calm," it added. Her owners were on their way to pick up the cow.