Cow Runs Wild In New Jersey After Escaping Slaugtherhouse "Raw Video"A 750-pound cow escaped from a slaughterhouse Tuesday night and ran through the city's streets for more than an hour pursued by police and animal control officers before it was corralled and tranquilized, authorities said.There were no injuries, although a police car sustained minor damage. The cow will be spared a return to the slaughterhouse, said the city's chief animal control officer, John De Cando. "The guy who owned the slaughterhouse promised me he will take it to a farm tomorrow," De Cando said. The wild scene began shortly after 8 pm after the black-and-white cow apparently slipped away unnoticed from a slaughterhouse on River Street, De Cando said. "No one knew it was running around," De Cando said. The cow ran up and down Presidential Boulevard, spent some time at a basketball court, then continued on River Street, crossing the Arch Street Bridge and wading into the Passaic River. "It was like D! odge City," De Cando said. "You had five police cars on one side of the street, five on the other and the 750-pound cow looking both ways. When the opportunity came, it booked between the police cars." De Cando finally got close enough to tranquilize the cow twice. The cow, which was trapped between a fire hydrant and a truck, began snoring as a crowd gathered. "Thank God nobody got hurt," De Cando said. "The Paterson police did a remarkable job. It was a happy ending."
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