One of our cows has been missing for at least 2 days, and I'm just stumped. Any of you guys have a theory? Here's the scoop:
She's a zebu - a miniature breed that looks like a miniature brahman. She weighs about 300-350 lbs. Her back is less than waist high.
She's solid black, head to tail.
I checked the fences, they're all intact, and the gates have been consistently closed tight.
Stolen? Highly unlikely. She won't let a stranger get within 50 feet of her, and she's just a little trash cow, not the kind somebody would steal. And again, all gates locked and not tampered with.
We have 25 acres, about 1/3 of it cedar/oak thicket. I know it well, every tree, shrub, rock, varmint hole and track, and have searched it 4 times now, under every bush and tree, I swear. Nothing.
No feral hogs here. Have had coyotes in the past, but they would leave a mess.
There are lions in the area, but I don't think a puma can cleanly jump over a 4-foot ranch fence with a 350 pound cow, not to mention run across a highway, then jump over another one.
No buzzards anywhere. No smell. Walked all over the place with our dogs, they didn't blink, and they react to ANYTHING that's different.
The only possibility I can think of is that she jumped over a fence, but none of our neighbors have seen her, and the fence is 4 foot goat fence. She's 3 feet high at the back, I don't think she could jump over it, nor would she have any reason to.
I just came in from another 2-hour search. Still nothing, and I'm pooped.
Any theories from you guys? UFO, maybe?
She's a zebu - a miniature breed that looks like a miniature brahman. She weighs about 300-350 lbs. Her back is less than waist high.
She's solid black, head to tail.
I checked the fences, they're all intact, and the gates have been consistently closed tight.
Stolen? Highly unlikely. She won't let a stranger get within 50 feet of her, and she's just a little trash cow, not the kind somebody would steal. And again, all gates locked and not tampered with.
We have 25 acres, about 1/3 of it cedar/oak thicket. I know it well, every tree, shrub, rock, varmint hole and track, and have searched it 4 times now, under every bush and tree, I swear. Nothing.
No feral hogs here. Have had coyotes in the past, but they would leave a mess.
There are lions in the area, but I don't think a puma can cleanly jump over a 4-foot ranch fence with a 350 pound cow, not to mention run across a highway, then jump over another one.
No buzzards anywhere. No smell. Walked all over the place with our dogs, they didn't blink, and they react to ANYTHING that's different.
The only possibility I can think of is that she jumped over a fence, but none of our neighbors have seen her, and the fence is 4 foot goat fence. She's 3 feet high at the back, I don't think she could jump over it, nor would she have any reason to.
I just came in from another 2-hour search. Still nothing, and I'm pooped.
Any theories from you guys? UFO, maybe?
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