Escaped cow flips from ‘flight’ to ‘fight’ after cop approaches

TEMPLE, Tex. — It’s said that an animal in fear has two options - fight or flight.

And in the case of an escaped cow in Temple, Texas, the trigger from one to the other was the simple act of a police officer closing a gate on a runaway cow.

As seen from the officer’s dash mounted camera, the police officer seems to have been handed an obvious solution to capturing the runaway bovine when she runs into a gated yard - just close the gate.

But the cow surely felt endangered by the act of closing the gate and charges at the officer.

As of Saturday (March 25th), KTRK is reporting the cow is ‘still on the run.’

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The Orlando Police Department even joins the discussion of the fast-acting officer in the video.

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