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Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 9:45 am
by chumley
Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Is there a fauna label for the Corriente? I'd like to see somebody hiking South Mountain get a photo into the database. It also might be time to update the Open Range Law a little bit?
Fair Use Excerpt:
... After the heifer was released into a corral in June, it struggled with ranch hands, broke down a fence and ran off toward the South Mountain preserve.
It has been running ever since, becoming the talk of bemused Ahwatukee Foothills residents... "It just jumped over the fence...I don't know how it is surviving out there."
Apparently, the young female cow is surviving pretty well. Since late June, the shiny black bovine with large horns has been spotted munching grass and sipping from fountains in Ahwatukee Foothills, lounging under trees in South Mountain Park and drinking from a stream near a small south Phoenix resort...
... Arizona's Open Range Law, crafted to protect the state's cattle industry, makes it illegal for anyone to simply go out and capture or otherwise harm a cow.
The complete article can be found at
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... tukee.html
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 10:05 am
by azbackpackr
MOOOO!!!
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 10:13 am
by writelots
I love Arizona sometimes!
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 10:40 am
by oceanwithin
I will definitely be on the lookout for the rogue cow while hiking at South Mountain this weekend
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 10:45 am
by Alston_Neal
My day is complete, I've learned the name and history of those bovines we see out in the middle of nowhere.
Coriente..........Spanish for...It's whats for dinner.
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 10:54 am
by juliachaos
Hahaha! I love it! Will have to make a trip out there for a little rebel cow-watching..
Also I just love that the spokeswoman's and cattle expert's names are Oxley and Bray.. how fitting.
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 11:26 am
by PLC92084
Next time I'm out "hoofing" it in the hills, I'll keep my eyes out for Bossy...
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 12:22 pm
by Alston_Neal
We should make her a member of the site, her triplog has to be pretty impressive by now.
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 12:30 pm
by PLC92084
Alston Neal wrote:her triplog has to be pretty impressive by now
I'm sure it's udderly incredible! Probably on par with the UK student who has too much time on his hands...
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http://www.backpacker.com/homemade_gps_ ... _dirt/1864)
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 06 2010 1:28 pm
by Alston_Neal
Without getting too anthropomorphic here.... the bovine is effing more sane than the UK kid.
Re: Fugitive cow loose in Ahwatukee
Posted: Aug 09 2010 5:08 am
by Moovyoaz
Alston Neal wrote:We should make her a member of the site, her triplog has to be pretty impressive by now.
Hey, Moovyoaz is taken!