Cow Flees Iowa State University, Recaptured After Chase

A loose cow, with tranquilizer darts in her side, makes her way through the parking lot of Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa State University campus as police follow her Friday, March 19, 2010, in Ames, Iowa. The police chased the pregnant cow for over two hours, shooting her with a total of four tranquilizer darts. (AP Photo/Ames Tribune, Ronnie Miller)

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By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: Mar 20, 2010 at 12:40 PM CST

Story Updated: Mar 20, 2010 at 12:40 PM CST

AMES (AP) — A cow led police and squad cars in Ames on a two-hour chase before the pregnant heifer was subdued with tranquilizers.

Police estimate the Friday chase around town was for eight or nine miles before it ended at a golf course. The cow escaped from the Iowa State University Veterinary Medicine complex.

Lawrence Evans is a veterinarian with the university. He says the cow was brought to the school for calving when its owner left the gate unsecured and the animal got loose.

Authorities say the cow took a couple of trips into a river as she fled.

Officials say they used four tranquilizer darts on the animal and each contained double the amount normally required to sedate an animal.

Evans says the cow's owners took her home to recover and she is expected to give birth in two to three weeks.

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