Cow Stuck In The Mud, Did I Do The Right Thing?
Lounge By pinknlee Updated 7 Jan 2007 , 12:43pm by Missyleigh
I live in an area with lots of live stock and lots of forested areas. It has been raining so a lot of the fields are filled with mud. Yesterday, I noticed a cow stuck in the mud. I drove by it again. And it seemed to be free of the mud. So I thought it would move on. I drove by it again and it was laying in the same spot. Today, it hasn't moved. I have no idea who the land it is on belongs to or the cow. I called my vet's office and they told me to call the animal controll officer, (the animal control officer was out of the area) who told me to call the non-emegemcy dispatch office and an officer will be called and told to check it out. The dispatcher laughed at me while I was giving the details. I flet like I should do something, this animal could be suffering. Cows are not cheap and the farmer may not have noticed. Did I do the right thing be calling someone or should I have jsut left it alone? I am worried that if the cow has moved before the officer gets there I will get in trouble. I never thought about that until after it was over.
You did the right thing. I live in the country also. We try to make it a point to know whose cows are whose...lol. The farmers around here try to help one another out. So you might find me out wrangling instead of baking if something is wrong. We did recently have a couple of loose pigs. Didn't know any one in the area owned pigs.
I also live in a rural area. You did the right thing! Animals cannot always help themselves, it could have justed been exhausted trying to get out of the mud, but if not looked after could have starved. You saved a helpless creature. What a good samaritan.
Thank you 
its probably "down "and possibly won't ever get up.You couldn't do any thing to prevent this sometimes they get up and are good for many more years and sometimes thats the end of their road but thats nature
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