Don't moooove, or I'll shoot!

[Maximus]

Hell you don't need a stick.


That having been said, if the animal is in unfamiliar territory and there are no fences it can be difficult to round up on foot. I can see the cops not wanting to mess with it, especially with the possibility of it running onto the road in front of a car.

[Malthus]

Hell you don't need a stick.


That having been said, if the animal is in unfamiliar territory and there are no fences it can be difficult to round up on foot. I can see the cops not wanting to mess with it, especially with the possibility of it running onto the road in front of a car.

Perhaps, but even then, relatively long-range peppering the animal with handgun fire and occasionally blasting at it with the siren is still the most stupid response possible, if you are concerned about the animal running around wildly. 

[Maximus]

I am 100% in agreement with you on that.

[jimmy olsen]

These RI cops, who don't seem to know what they're doing, were able to catch this cow eventually without harming it so it can't be that difficult.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2BenjKS3X0

[viper37]

There's a difference in size between a dog and a cow.
This wasn't a rural area, it was an an suburban area.

I've seen stray cows rounded up by little boys armed with sticks. 

country boys.  Not city boys

Keep in mind that these were cows who fell of a truck.  Transport, fall, lots of people, noise, everything to stress the animal.
From the video, it seems to me to cows could have been brought back to a truck and sent to wherever they were to be sent (slaughterhouse, maybe).  But I only have a short clip to judge.

If cows were let loose in front of my house, things would probably have been different than in an suburban area.

[viper37]

Perhaps, but even then, relatively long-range peppering the animal with handgun fire and occasionally blasting at it with the siren is still the most stupid response possible, if you are concerned about the animal running around wildly. 

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