# Cows on the run **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928 "2022-12-02T17:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/1 "2022-12-02T17:42:25Z")
About two dozen cows have been on the loose since August in rural Quebec. They got spooked by lightning, jumped a fence, and never returned to their owner’s fields. It’s been a problem trying to capture them; some are pregnant; some have given birth, “They had an all-you-can-eat buffet all summer,” Here’s a good report - from AlJazeera, of all places: > **[Udder madness: Runaway cows frustrate tiny Canadian village](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/1/herd-of-fugitive-cows-frustrates-tiny-village-in-canada)** > > Tale of hard-to-catch young dairy cows is capturing attention – and imaginations – in the province of Quebec. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/2 "2022-12-02T17:49:57Z")
Winter is coming, and it will be more challenging for them to find fodder. They can probably lure them into a fenced area with hay if they can locate them. We’re not talking about catching the road runner here. Cowboys are trained to do this kind of thing. It’s not that unusual for cows to escape for a while. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/3 "2022-12-02T17:57:09Z")
Do Canadians not own Border Collies? Set a couple of those loose on the beeves and problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/4 "2022-12-02T18:19:40Z")
♫Cows on the run Cows on the run Oh the butcher man And Farmer Fran Will search for evermore For the Cows on the run Cows on the run♪ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/5 "2022-12-02T18:50:16Z")
I was thinking the OP missed a golden opportunity to title his thread > Cows on the lam But your song is even better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/6 "2022-12-02T18:52:28Z")
I opened this thread just to post something similar. Nice work! ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/7 "2022-12-02T19:00:43Z")
> We will fight for bovine freedom > And hold our large heads high > We will run free with the Buffalo, or die > Cows with guns Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/8 "2022-12-02T19:13:38Z")
CBC reports that cowboys have been brought in to capture the fugitive cows. I didn’t even know Quebec _ **had** _ cowboys! > **[Fugitive cows in Quebec escape capture again and again | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fugitive-cows-in-quebec-escape-capture-again-and-again-1.6662107)** > > Cowboys from Saint-Tite were called in to catch a herd of about 20 cows who have been on the run since July, after escaping from their owner in Saint-Barnabé, Que. Here is a mugshot of one of the fugitives: [![](https://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/38/123/LEAVITT_FUGITIVE_COWS.jpg) ](https://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/38/123/LEAVITT_FUGITIVE_COWS.jpg) This is not the first time miscreant Quebec cows have been in the news. A few years ago, a gang of delinquent cows surrounded someone’s BMW and vandalized it. AFAIK, the cows were never arrested and brought to justice: > **[Quebec cows damage BMW as they wander free | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cows-cause-1-000-damage-to-bmw-in-western-quebec-1.3149490)** > > A group of four cows damaged a BMW as they wandered freely in Val-des-Monts, Que., last week, police say. The animals remain on the loose. Also some years ago, and also in Quebec, 16 cows were cownapped from a farmer’s field. After an intensive cowhunt, they were found and suspects were arrested: > **[Quebec farmer's stolen cows found in Ontario, two suspects arrested | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cows-stolen-quebec-1.4961792)** > > A farmer in Ferme-Neuve was reunited last month with most of the cows that were stolen from his land in September. Now, he hopes the rest will be found. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/9 "2022-12-02T19:22:11Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > > We will fight for bovine freedom > > And hold our large heads high > > We will run free with the Buffalo, or die > > Cows with guns > > Yeah. For those who don’t recognize @tofor’s awesome reference: [http://cowswithguns.com/](http://cowswithguns.com/) The video there is definitely worth watching. A fine example of early internet animated humor. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/10 "2022-12-02T20:32:11Z")
[![](https://learnmoreeveryday.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/lost-cow.gif) ](https://learnmoreeveryday.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/lost-cow.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/11 "2022-12-02T20:59:45Z")
I was thinking: 🎶 Cows on the run You moo and everybody comes a-running Take a run and hide yourself away The cows are on the ru-un… ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/12 "2022-12-02T23:16:57Z")
Interesting that they are trying to bring in all the cows at once. For heavens sake. Corral a few of them. Capture one at a time if necessary. Quit trying to make a game of it. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/13 "2022-12-02T23:29:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I didn’t even know Quebec _ **had** _ cowboys! Just ask Mitsou! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/do_6YzvWqF8/hqdefault.jpg "Mitsou - Bye bye mon cowboy (Vidéoclip officiel)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_6YzvWqF8) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/14 "2022-12-03T01:51:11Z")
That song was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/15 "2022-12-03T14:06:25Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Interesting that they are trying to bring in all the cows at once. For heavens sake. Corral a few of them. Capture one at a time if necessary. Quit trying to make a game of it. The only aspect of cows that I’m expert at is eating them. But I understand they’re herd animals and perhaps it really works better to treat the group as a group, corner the leader first and the rest will follow, etc. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/16 "2022-12-03T22:38:11Z")
They are herd animals. But this is silly. Call the farmers who are having problems with them and ask for permission to go on their land, and ask for help to recapture the cows. I think that officials are making this much, much more difficult than it needs be. My uncles neighbors were always happy to help, and receive his help in return. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/17 "2022-12-04T03:36:39Z")
That has got to be the most ineffectually polite group of village “officials” (idiots more like) and cowboys I’ve ever herd of. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/18 "2022-12-04T03:39:49Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Corral a few of them. Well, they are constantly on the moove. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/19 "2022-12-04T05:40:56Z")
I have my neighbor on speed dial, his cows and goats like to wander up to my yard and eat the weeds, I leave him a message and he or the kids wander up and fetch the wandering critters. We also get his chickens up here, but they sort of go back home when dusk hits. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928/20 "2022-12-04T22:23:05Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > his cows and goats like to wander up to my yard and eat the weeds, I hope you wait until the weeds are almost all gone before calling. Goats are wonderful that way. Just don’t leave your washing on the line. 😂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928.md?page=2)