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Police in Val-des-Monts Quebec are on the hunt for four cows after $1,000 in damage was caused to a BMW.

MRC des Collines police said a man got up around 6 a.m. last week and noticed the cows congregating around his wife’s car in the driveway of his home on St. Joseph Road.

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“There was some mark of drooling on the paint,” said Sgt. Martin Fournel. “There was some drooling, licking evidence on the car.”

By the time police got to the house, the cattle had fled the area, but not before causing $1,000 in damage to the BMW.

Fournel said one of the cows grazed the car, which scraped the paint and damaged one of the side mirrors.

The owner of the cows could be fined for failing to contain the animals. The footprints left behind by the suspects didn’t help police identify the cows.

“We didn’t take hoof prints,” Fournel joked.

Earlier in the morning, police were called to the same area by motorists who were reporting that cows were wandering on the road. Police responded, but couldn’t find the cows. Police believe they are the same ones who damaged the woman’s car.

Fournel said wildlife calls aren’t out of the ordinary in their territory. They often get calls for roaming cows.

One of strangest calls MRC des Collines police have received was for a dog biting a chicken, Fournel said, although he didn’t have additional details.