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Cops kill cow after wild chase through Pocatello's north side

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POCATELLO — Police fatally shot a 1,000-pound cow Friday afternoon that had led them on a lengthy chase through the city’s north side.

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/cops-kill-cow-after-wild-chase-through-pocatello-s-north/article_5c4c760c-823f-11e4-90e5-bfe6578ed668.html

This was one determined cow....Wow....
 
"Hooves up, don't shoot!"
 
Went thru that with a horse that broke thru a fence one time. Damn that horse could run and jump. A big young race horse. $25,000 horse. Was blocked in an alley by pickup trucks. Jumped the trucks. Someone did get a rope around it's neck. Jerked it right out. Police cars and people in 4X4s chasing, fearing it'd run out on the highway causing an accident as it ran thru alleys and the railroad tracks a block over. Able to jump short fences, the vehicles simply couldn't follow, people scrambling to try to figure where it was off to.

An older fellow who always had raised horses, a rancher, finally convinced the police and everyone of the obvious solution.

Just stop chasing it. "Leave it alone and it will go home. Its running because you're chasing it."

About a quarter hour later like appearing out of nowhere it strolled back thru the fence it has busted and headed straight for the water trough.

Yeah, chasing a cow with sirens running and shooting at it will have it keep running. But it was probably an exciting chase.
 
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"Police had shot the animal earlier in the pursuit but the wounded cow kept running." :lamo

As clear a case of "resisting" as I've heard.
 
Went thru that with a horse that broke thru a fence one time. Damn that horse could run and jump. A big young race horse. $25,000 horse. Was blocked in an alley by pickup trucks. Jumped the trucks. Someone did get a rope around it's neck. Jerked it right out. Police cars and people in 4X4s chasing, fearing it'd run out on the highway causing an accident as it ran thru alleys and the railroad tracks a block over. Able to jump short fences, the vehicles simply couldn't follow, people scrambling to try to figure where it was off to.

An older fellow who always had raised horses, a rancher, finally convinced the police and everyone of the obvious solution.

Just stop chasing it. "Leave it alone and it will go home. Its running because you're chasing it."

About a quarter hour later like appearing out of nowhere it strolled back thru the fence it has busted and headed straight for the water trough.

Yeah, chasing a cow with sirens running and shooting at it will have it keep running. But it was probably an exciting chase.

This is absolutely true.

Prey animals run when being chased by predators.
 
An animal was running and scared, clearly trying to preserve his/her own life, and all we do is making ****ing jokes? Humans can be so crude. **** you cops. **** human supremacy.
 
An animal was running and scared, clearly trying to preserve his/her own life, and all we do is making ****ing jokes? Humans can be so crude. **** you cops. **** human supremacy.

Come on, it was a cow! Burgers for everyone!
 
Come on, it was a cow! Burgers for everyone!
"It was a cow". What a flippant comment. He or she was a being that is capable of suffering and experiencing emotion. Killing other animals for food is completely unnecessary violence, hence why so many find this disturbing.
 
Sounds like they need to beef up security in that town.
 
"It was a cow". What a flippant comment. He or she was a being that is capable of suffering and experiencing emotion. Killing other animals for food is completely unnecessary violence, hence why so many find this disturbing.

Animals eat other animals. People who find this disturbing can find a different planet.
 
"Hooves up, don't shoot!"

The cow was black

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It shouldn't have reached into it's waistband.
 
"It was a cow". What a flippant comment. He or she was a being that is capable of suffering and experiencing emotion. Killing other animals for food is completely unnecessary violence, hence why so many find this disturbing.

Tell that to the buffalo that is being eaten alive by a pride of lions. We humans are meat-eaters, at least some of us are. Don't get me wrong, I love a good salad, it goes good with a well cooked burger.
 
In other news, the POCATELLO Police Dept will be hosting a BBQ next weekend!:mrgreen:
 
Animals eat other animals. People who find this disturbing can find a different planet.
If you and others base the validity of your actions upon their occurrence among other species I do suggest you leave the planet.
 
If you and others base the validity of your actions upon their occurrence among other species I do suggest you leave the planet.

I eat to live. That's enough justification for me.
 
"It was a cow". What a flippant comment. He or she was a being that is capable of suffering and experiencing emotion. Killing other animals for food is completely unnecessary violence, hence why so many find this disturbing.

Do you have a problem with animals eating other animals?

Is a wolf a horrible creature because he ate a rabbit?
 
Tell that to the buffalo that is being eaten alive by a pride of lions. We humans are meat-eaters, at least some of us are. Don't get me wrong, I love a good salad, it goes good with a well cooked burger.

Come on, tell the truth. Nobody can love salad. It may be a necessary evil, but nobody can love it.
 
I've seen cows be tasered. It actually works. They should have tased it. Killing an unarmed cow? That warrants an investigation. Militarized police are killing too often.
 
Should have just tanned his hide.

So, when he was finally down, was he ground beef? :mrgreen:
 
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