Great escape, but back behind barbs. (Image: Pixabay)
POLICE officers called to the recently reopened road linking Shanklin and Ventnor were not out catching law breakers, but instead a cow which seized the moo-ment to escape from its field.
Officers were called to a report of a cow loose on the aptly named Cowleaze Hill, near Shanklin, at 12.31pm yesterday (Sunday, July 28).
It appears the animal had broken out of a field, adjoining the main road.
But the cow was quickly found and taken back to its farm shortly after 1pm — safely returned back behind barbed wire.
Incidents like this are not uncommon on the Island.
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The cow's owner undoubtedly gave officers a well-deserved cow-pat on the back for their sterling work!
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