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Runaway cows find their way home thanks to dispatcher, troopers and farmer’s Facebook post
Original Publication Date: May 12, 2014 3:30AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 11:14PM
GRAFTON, N.Y. – Five cows that went on the lam are back home in upstate New York thanks to a quick-thinking emergency dispatcher and a Facebook post.
State police say the cows were spotted Saturday wandering along State Route 2 in Grafton, about 20 miles northeast of Albany.
They say troopers corralled the “feisty” creatures into a yard until a Rensselaer County dispatcher figured out where they belonged.
The dispatcher saw a Facebook post from the family of a farmer asking if anyone had seen their missing cattle.
Authorities contacted the farmer and the cows were returned safely.
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