What a lucky cow!!!
This terrified heifer that hoofed it when she broke out of a slaughterhouse in Bergheim, Austria, has been rescued after a millionaire businessman adopted her.
The panicked animal now named Isabella trampled over fields after the escape bid – crossing busy main roads as police tried to cordon her off so she could be returned to the abattoir.
Eventually as these dramatic pictures show they called in vets that shot the animal with a tranquilliser drug, and animal rescue workers then dragged her to the ground so the drug could take effect.
Rescuer Martin Wallisch, 37, added: “She probably knew what was waiting for her at the slaughterhouse, they can smell the blood. But she won’t have to go back there – she will now be allowed to live her days out in peace on the estate of Mr Michael Aufhauser.
“It was pretty dangerous – she was running in front of big lorries on main roads and through hedges – she just wanted to escape from that place.”
She has now been whisked off to the businessman’s estate after he agreed to buy her.
Aufhauser, 51, explained: “She was scared, aggressive and hurt on one hind hoof. They know what is going to happen to them in the slaughterhouse.”
“We call her Isabella and she’s starting to make friends with the other cows. She’s still a bit nervous but soon she will be happy and peaceful once she knows she can trust us.”
via Croatian Times.
