Cow wins free pass after escaping slaughter

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A cow is pictured at a farm in a file photo. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

A cow is pictured at a farm in a file photo.

Credit: Reuters/Michaela Rehle

NEW YORK | Thu May 7, 2009 1:19pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cow escaped death when it fled a New York City slaughterhouse 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 then sent back to the slaughterhouse in the New York City borough of Queens, police said.

(Reporting by Edith Honan, Editing by Sandra Maler)

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