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TexasTowelie

(117,274 posts)
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 06:32 PM Mar 2021

Where's the beef? Runaway steer still roaming Rhode Island

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — Where's the beef? Still very much on the mooove in Rhode Island.

More than a month after escaping while being unloaded at a slaughterhouse, a 1,600-pound (725-kilogram) steer is still roaming the streets of Johnston, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Providence.

Police said Wednesday in a Facebook post that although they've been keeping loose track of the steer's whereabouts, they can't chase it, so their goal is to keep it contained to wooded areas where it can't endanger drivers or itself.

Officers posted a blurry nighttime photo of the bovine showing it on a residential street near a “Support Our Police” yard sign, and said it appears to be healthy and well-fed.

Read more: https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Where-s-the-beef-Runaway-steer-still-roaming-16017763.php
(Midland Reporter-Telegram)


This February 2021 photo provided by Adam Seaberg shows a cow that escaped on Feb. 4, in Johnston, R.I., as it was being transported. More than a month after escaping while being unloaded at a slaughterhouse, the steer is still roaming the streets of Johnston, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Providence.

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Kali

(55,833 posts)
1. the photo caption
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 06:37 PM
Mar 2021


is it a cow or a steer? they are not the same thing. drives me up the wall.

TexasTowelie

(117,274 posts)
3. I'm certain that the animal involved also knows that it's not the same thing.
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 06:49 PM
Mar 2021

Obviously, we are seeing the writing of a city slicker that doesn't know the difference.

Karadeniz

(23,469 posts)
4. When this happens, often someone is kind enough to give it a forever home. I'm rooting for you,
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 07:00 PM
Mar 2021

Bo!!

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
5. Must be located in town. In a more rural setting they'd track it down and shoot it.
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 07:15 PM
Mar 2021

I followed that article a little, having been in the meat business as a young man. The company in question, RI Beef and Veal, has been
Investigated for falsifying USDA labeling (not surprising because their website talks about specializing in local farm meats) and has had PETAcomplaints against it for botching the slaughter process.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
6. Escaped from a slaughter house
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 07:18 PM
Mar 2021

Run free, big guy.

Someone will come up with a dart gun...... or.....bullets.

Princess Turandot

(4,826 posts)
7. This even happens in NYC periodically...
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 08:57 PM
Mar 2021

A cute goat earlier this month:



The police rescued a young cow from a highway in the Bronx awhile back:


pansypoo53219

(21,771 posts)
8. years ago there was the european saga about a cow named yvonne who hid out in the black forest.
Sat Mar 13, 2021, 11:20 PM
Mar 2021
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