Cow bolts butcher shop, leads Pocatello police on wild chase
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 1,000-pound cow being prepared for slaughter jumped a 6-foot fence and bolted through the streets of Pocatello before police shot and killed it following a lengthy pursuit.
Pocatello Police Chief Scott Marchand tells the Idaho State Journal (http://bit.ly/1DtMaME) that his officers fired two shots at the heifer because it posed a safety risk.
The cow had escaped from Anderson Custom Pack, a meat processing business, on Friday afternoon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Early in the chase, an officer shot the cow in the head but the wounded animal kept running.
The cow led police and animal control officers on a chase on foot and in vehicles through the city's north side. It rammed an animal control truck and two police cars.
The animal was eventually cornered in a residential backyard about 3 miles away, and was shot and killed by a police officer.
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Information from: Idaho State Journal, http://www.journalnet.com