Maybe it’s just instinct, but some animals seem to know when their time is up.

This bovine-escape artist slipped out of a university animal science building where it was due to be ‘processed’ – aka executed.

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For just over two hours, the cow was found trotting around the University of Kentucky’s campus until the former president of the college’s rodeo club (yes, they have a rodeo club) was able to lasso the animal and help authorities return it to captivity.

The steer was on its way to the abattoir when it hit a gate with a faulty latch and made a dash for freedom.

Adam Menker, 21, capturing the cow on the University’s campus (Picture: AP)

Adam Menker, the rope-wielding hero of the hour, used his cattle ranch skills to bring the beast’s marauding to an end and with help of a team of handlers and campus police.



Nancy Cox, the dean of the agriculture college, spoke of the incident: ‘My first worry is for the safety of the cow but for the people as well.

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‘Our guys felt really bad when this steer got loose.’

‘They’re worried about the steer, worried about if he hurts somebody… It was a big inconvenience.’

Don’t stop me now, I’m having such a good time (Picture: AP)

The cow was finally tranquillised and returned to the university’s nearby farm to sleep of its two-hour ordeal.

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Whether its future still includes being turned into meat is not yet known.

Fingers crossed folks.

I want to break free, I want to break free (Picture: AP)