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Moohunt: Runaway cow captures German hearts
Moohunt: Runaway cow captures German hearts
By Kirsten Grieshaber
August 19, 2011
BERLIN (AP) - A runaway cow named Yvonne is on the loose in Germany and the manhunt - or moohunt - for the Bavarian bovine has captivated the country.
The freedom-loving cow ran away from a little farm in Bavaria in May and has managed to hide successfully in the forests of southern Germany ever since - despite her sturdy 1,500-pound (700-kilogram) figure.
Locals have reported a few sightings of the brown dairy cow with the white head, but every time search teams have tried to capture her, Yvonne had already hoofed it from the area. A helicopter equipped with a thermal camera used in search-and-rescue missions returned Thursday empty-handed.
Searchers have tried to lure Yvonne into the open with food, with the bellows of her son Friesi and her sister Waltraud, even with a prospective mate named Ernst.
Scores of volunteers are combing upper Bavaria's woods for her.
The six-year-old animal would have* never made national headlines if it hadn't been for a near-collision with a police car days after she broke away. The rural district office in Muehldorf reacted by labeling the big-eyed bovine a public danger and ordering her shot on sight.
That prompted animal-rights activists to rally to her defense.
A Facebook page calling for Yvonne's rescue had more-than 23,000 "likes" by Friday, and Germany's biggest-selling newspaper, Bild, has offered a euro10,000 ($14,369) award on its front page for anyone who helps find Yvonne.
In the wake of all the attention, the order to shoot Yvonne has been suspended.
A Bavarian animal sanctuary has bought Yvonne from her former owners - sight unseen, of course - and is taking the lead in trying to rescue her.
"We're hot on her tail," it reported Friday.
Meanwhile, a song by local band Gnadenkapelle has become an instant radio hit.
"Why don't you leave Yvonne alone, she's only a runaway cow... You wild cow, don't let them take your freedom," they sing.
Online:Gnadenkapelle song mp3: http://www.gnadenkapelle.com/musik/Y...uide%20Kua.MP3
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From The AP's "Wacky News" section
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From the headline, I expected a bloodier story.
So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.
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