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Cow wins free pass after escaping slaughter in NYC
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-05-07 14:39

NEW YORK -- A cow escaped death when it fled a New York City slaughterhouse on Wednesday, running through the streets before being corralled by mounted police.

The escape appears to have earned the cow a free pass -- it will be turned over to an animal care agency rather than sent back to the slaughterhouse in the New York City borough of Queens, police said.