When Evans Police Officer Jason Schissler arrived to a report of a calf on 37th Street near 1st Avenue, the small black and white calf was headed straight for the highway.

“That was our biggest concern: trying to keep him away from the highway,” Schissler said.

Four Evans police officers responded about 7 a.m. to the loose calf as it wandered about the roads in east Evans. As officers tried cornering it into fenced areas to tranquilize it, the calf continued evading them, Schissler said.

“It was obviously scared. We could never get close to it,” he said.

The calf crossed U.S. 85 at 37th Street and back again, without incident. As officers from Greeley Animal Control and Weld County Animal Control arrived to assist with wrangling the calf, it turned south towards Riverside Park, which is being rebuilt. Before officers could catch the calf, it safely crossed the South Platte River.

Schissler said officers were unable to continue pursuing the calf. Contacting farm owners near Evans, officers were unable to locate a potential owner for the loose calf.