New York City has a long history of livestock on the loose, as does Jamaica.

In January, just a few blocks away from the college, a cow managed to break free from a slaughterhouse. Calls to 911 poured in reporting a “cow on the run,” the authorities said. That bovine escapee was caught at a parking garage; the police at the time released a picture of its “perp walk” into a trailer. It was sent to a sanctuary in New Jersey, and given the name Freddie, after Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen. Similar escapes had been reported in the area in 2009 and 2011.

And last month near Times Square, visitors got the additional spectacle of a police horse, free of its rider, galloping through Midtown Manhattan. The horse, Gunny, was spooked by a sudden sound from a nearby truck, and tossed off the officer.

Gunny, the police said, was quickly sent back to active duty.

In other livestock escapes, the animals were returned to their owners.

The latest animal has a better ending.

On Friday, officials said the bovine had been taken to an Animal Care Centers of NYC in Brooklyn.