Published 16:55 IST, January 4th 2023

Cow rescued twice in 24 hours, first from Sydney shopping centre and then from a mud pit

A cow on the run in Western Sydney forced the rescue team to take two emergency calls in less than 24 hours. First, the cow was spotted in a shopping centre.

Reported by: Amrit Burman
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A cow on run in Western Sydney forced rescue team to take two emergency calls in less than 24 hours. First, cow was spotted in a shopping centre at Cdens near Penrith on Tuesday night, and a Fire and Rescue New South Wales crew rescued it and left it for safekeeping overnight on grounds of Western Sydney University at Werrington.

"At that time of night, it's very difficult to relocate a cow," said Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent am Dewberry. "y escorted cow in re hoping it would be safe and sound … thinking job was done," he ded.  Later on Wednesday morning, at around 10:30 am, crew was again called after same cow was found stuck up to her stomach in mud inside a dam on campus. "This same cow found itself in more misventure, and it got itself bogged in a dam," he said.

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" rescue team used a big fire hose to create a makeshift lasso, and using same, team escorted animal out of dam," said Dewberry. "Firefighters and police sood it and n also gave it confidence so it could get itself out with some comfort and a little bit of encouragement," he ded, as reported by ABC News.

ordeal exhausted cow so much that she was unable to walk, but crew remained until she finally stood on her own legs. "It's still in good spirits," Superintendent Dewberry said. identity of cow and her owner remained unknown to Fire and Rescue NSW. cow will stay in a secure location at Werrington campus until police hand her over to owner.
 

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16:55 IST, January 4th 2023