7/18/2005: Cow stuck in a tree

It's not a Friday image if you laugh at the dumb thing and not with it. This cow explored a hole in a nearby tree and wound up stuck there for hours.

Imagine driving down a relaxing country road, only to see a 700-pound heifer's backside sticking out of a oak tree with its head stuck inside a narrow, hollow opening.

For Milton resident and cow owner Jerry Hughes that's exactly what his neighbor Shane Davenport saw three weeks ago while driving down Milton Road.

Local veterinarian John Brunner used a complicated procedure to remove the cow -- reminds me of the James Herriot stories that facinated me as a kid:

"What I did was put a tie on her, which paralyzes the cow," he said. "I was able to push her head down a little bit. They don't move a whole lot when the hitch is around them."

He used a burley-half hitch, which has one loop of rope around the neck, another loop just behind the front legs and one more loop in front of the rear legs. Moreover, mineral oil was applied to the tree and to the cow's head to lessen the tension it would feel when a tractor pulled it out.

"Even pulling with the tractor, it wasn't going to come without toggling," Brunner said.

Finally at 10:30 p.m. — after 20 minutes of pulling — the cow's three-hour ordeal was over with only a scrape on the back of its ear and no other apparent injuries.

A tractor?! And all it got was a scraped ear? I figured for sure it would be decapitated by a tractor pulling on it.

now that is just sad. an animal that sad and pathetic is just begging to be eaten. now pass the A1.

When I first saw this on the net I thought it was a bad photoshop job.
Thought I could see the ghost image of 1- the ear, and 2- the eye.
So then this bull comes along, listens to her story, pats her on the rump and says "Baby, this just ain't your day".

Even more evidence that cows really are as stupid as they look.
I knew some farmboys when I was a kid that would have definately taken advantage of this heifer's ignorance. Forgive me, but it's true.

That is a LOT of beef jerky.


The joke is better with "pulled pork" but whoever heard of pulled beef? :huh?:

Could soumething as unusual as this be a product of Mad Cow Disease?

Is there a bashful cow disease?

I'll bet the cow was really, really embarrassed.

The reason the cow was so worried, though, is because it was certain that no one could see it...

elspode - once again you have made me coat the monitor with a fine malt beverage.

And this is why we have hamburgers.

So, what do you think's in a bovine peep show?

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Mr. Brunner sure seems to know a lot about pulling cows out tight situations.

How do you "toggle" a cow's head?

You switch it from 1 to 0.

only if ot's a binary cow. digital ones are much trickier.

"maybe if I stand real still no one will notice.........OW! that was my EAR!!!"

IoTD next week: Cow wearing neck brace, Files suit for malpractice........

And worse... wins.

Because her lawyer is a real bullsh*t artist.

And they celebrate the victory with Chicken.

Why am I suddenly thinking of the Tom Lehrer classic "Cows With Guns"?

Dana Lyons