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Cow Roams New York Streets After Escaping Slaughterhouse

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New York (CBS News) - There was a cow on the moo-ve in Queens Tuesday, CBS New York reports. The animal escaped from a slaughterhouse and was spotted roaming the streets Tuesday in Jamaica, a neighborhood in the New York City borough.

A butcher at the facility told CBS New York they were moving a large group of those cows and he believes this one may have heard a noise, got scared and escaped through the fencing.

The animal was hit with a few tranquilizer darts but kept on going. It was eventually cornered in a backyard and captured.

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