Amorous bull creates near catastrophe

Editor:

Most country folks are well aware that if any animal – deer, horse, cow, etc. – is loose on a highway, a dangerous situation exists. Thus, when a woman (I am sorry that I did not get name) knocked at our door and informed us that a cow from the herd in our pasture was running loose on heavy-traveled U.S. 15, I knew that we had a major problem.

Racing as fast as I could on foot, I arrived at the area to find the same kind woman and a second one, plus a deputy sheriff and an animal control officer – all trying to herd a terrified cow along a very long wire fence that did not have a gate opening on U.S. 15. Aghast, we watched as she headed across the highway but then turned back toward the fence, where she tried in vain to find an opening. Suddenly, deciding to take matters into her own hands, or should I say hooves, and much to our surprise, she jumped over the fence, landed on her side, rose to her feet, and apparently unharmed, joined her companions in the pasture.

My purpose for writing this letter is to express my appreciation to the four individuals who helped bring a happy ending to a dangerous problem. I am particularly grateful to the two kind ladies who stopped to lend a helping hand.

By the way, after a discussion with the herd’s owner, who rents our pasture, it was decided that the cow may have been trying to avoid the amorous advances of a young bull that has just been introduced to the herd.

Jean Durham Busboso
Locust Dale