Brit police use ‘cowboy expertise’ to lasso runaway cow in ‘Wild West’ transfer
Traffic cops were forced to use cowboy skills to capture an escaped cow in a Hampshire town. Officers took the unusual moo-ve of lassoing the animal that was roaming the streets of Totton, a method first used to capture cattle in the Wild West .
Police said the animal, which was captured on Wednesday, is now safely back in the field it calls home and it has been reunited with its owner. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Roads Policing shared a snap of an officer with the lassoed cow in the front garden of a home, and another which showed the animal trotting down a street before it was apprehended.
(Image: Councillor David Harrison/Facebook)
It explained in its post that officers had been putting their “cowboy skills to the test”, adding: “It’s not just vehicles Roads Policing Unit (RPU) officers deal with on our roads.” Totton Police also joked about the animal’s capture in a Facebook post that was full of cow puns, saying: “You may have already herd, but earlier we were called upon to respond to a cow on the loose in Totton.
“We’re very pleased to report that cow and owner have since been reunited. We just wanted to take a moo-ment to thank you all for your udderly brilliant support, assistance and patience while we were dealing with the incident.
“We just hope you didn’t think we were milking it with our presence there, but our priority is always the safety of the public, and of course the cow. We also hope you find our post on the matter a little a-moo-sing. Don’t worry, we won’t give up the day job. We know we’re not cow-medians.”
Totton town councilor, David Harrison spotted the animal trotted past him in a car park in the town at 11am, before reporting the runaway to cops, The New Milton Advertiser reports.
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