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GLADSTONE the runaway calf has been found three days after staging a grand escape from the Royal Launceston Show. The seven-month-old red shorthorn was found among a heard of cattle on Joe Pentridge's Glebe Farm, 2km from the showground and across the North Esk River. Gladstone arrived at the Invermay Showgrounds for the show on Monday when he got spooked and ran away. Mr Pentridge said he noticed Gladstone when he was drenching his cattle. "I'd say he's come along the levee bank and just joined the herd,'' Mr Pentridge said. "They are a pack animal, and I don't think he would have liked being on his own, away from his mum.'' FULL STORY IN THE EXAMINER TOMORROW

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