cow escapes from slaughter house. files' for stay of execution in new York

A cow made a daring break for freedom - sparking a police chase through the streets of New York.
Surreal dashcam footage taken from a police car shows the bovine fugitive dashing across a road in Jamaica, Queens, evading the attention of one man who tries to stop it.


It was also filmed by a passerby trotting down 175th street as bemused pedestrians looked on.
The cow had escaped from the Archer Halal Live Poultry and Meat Market on 165th Street.
Unfortunately for the animal, it was later caught in a car park and returned to the store to meet it's fate.

 

Daring escape: The cow broke out of the meat market and ran through Queens

NYPD 103rd Precinct tweeted a picture of the recaptured cow with a rope around its neck and wrote: "Yes, you heard right! Cow on the loose-Jamaica Queens.
"All officers safe. No injuries. Thank you all for your patience."
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The cow is due to be slaughtered today.
Queens resident Atiya Lilly Gassaway has started a petition though, calling for the cow to be spared.

 

It reads: "On January 21, 2016 a terrified cow escaped from a slaughter house in Jamaica, Queens.
"This cow was seconds away from freedom, this is our chance to give it a voice and another chance.
"Please sign the petition in hopes of sparing this terrified cows life & sending it to a Farm Sanctuary."