WARSAW, Poland — A runaway cow that avoided captivity for weeks died on Thursday after it was caught and put on a truck to be taken to a farm, a local official said. The red Limousin beef cow fled on January 23 as it was to be transported to a slaughterhouse. It gained celebrity status as it defended its life and freedom, tricking searchers, swimming from island to island, and roaming a lake-filled region near Nysa, in southwestern Poland. It took a few hours and three shots of sedatives before it was put on a truck, but the animal died there, apparently from stress, the report said. In January, another runaway Limousin cow was spotted roaming farm fields in the company of a herd of bison in eastern Poland, three months after escaping its pen.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 23, 2018 01:18 UTC