Police officers in England collide with a cow that had broken free.
On a friggin' Friday night, ol' Beau Lucy, a ten-month-old cow, breaks free near London. The cops are clueless about how to handle it, so they drive the young bovine through the herd. Brits are pissed, even the Interior Minister's buttin' in. The cops defend their reckless actions.
England's finest in their cruiser are chasing an escaped cow through a residential area, tryna recapture the bloody beast. A video of the chaos spreads out-rage in Britain: The cow's owners demand the cop responsible gets fired. "They were trying to frikkin' kill her," the farmer's partner told Sky News.
A vid from Staines-upon-Thames near London shows the cops rammin' the 200-kilogram cow with their freakin' car in a housing estate, sendin' her slidin' several meters across the road, crashin' into somethin', then runnin' away again. The car then rams her again, trappin' her under the vehicle.
Thankfully, the cow's owners claim she didn't sustain any major injuries despite the cops' reckless futility. British Interior Minister James Cleverly demanded an "urgent explanation." The cops' behavior seemed "unnecessarily harsh," he wrote on X. The RSPCA animal welfare organization described the footage as "disturbing and alarming." Famous British animal activist Chris Packham wrote on X: "Who the hell rams a cow?"
"Let's just hope she survives"
The cops justify their actions because ol' Beau Lucy had roamed through several streets on a Friday night. Callers claimed a car was damaged and that she was chargin' at people. After several hours, several capture attempts had failed. Out of concern for public safety, the chase ended with the cops' car.
The owners reckon Beau Lucy escaped from her pasture through a river. The animal's calmed down on the farm since her return, eats normally. "I don't know if she'll survive," said the farmer's partner. "She could croak from shock, but I'm hopin' she'll survive."
Read also:
The incident of the escaping cow in England sparked international outrage, with animal welfare organizations expressing concern over the police's handling of the situation. Despite the criticism, the British Interior Minister defended the police, stating that their actions were taken due to public safety concerns.
