Save the St. Louis Cow!

I'm not "that girl", I'm not a member of PETA, I'm not a vegetarian... Hell I had McDonald's for lunch today. I think controlled hunting and harvesting of animals is acceptable on every level. 

But I am the girl who has compassion for anyone, or anything with a will to live the size of the grand canyon.

You see this heifer in the picture? She is a BAD ASS, a grade A boss lady who was dealt a pretty shitty hand in life and decided to do something about it. 

She and 5 of her buddies busted out of a slaughter clinic this afternoon and went for it. They took a chance on freedom. 

Her buddies were apprehended quickly, but not her. 

Not only did this hefer run, she outsmarted about 40 police officers in the process. She ran the city streets like Usain Bolt doing the 100.

It was her freedom run, and her big F*CK you to the fate she was dealt. Her one shot to change her destiny.

Shit if I had a boom box I would have jogged along side her holding it over my head playing her theme song: 

"Look, if you had one shot....
or one opporunity......
to seize everyting you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it?  Or just let it slip."

People lined the strees to cheer her on reminicisnt of the OJ Bronco chase. 

At last as the hours went by, 5 to be exact, she became weary.  Exausted, confused, and limping and finally succomned to her captors.  I was on the scene when they loaded her into the trailer. I followed the trailer, hoping they were headed to a rescue or ranch, we have several in the area. Instead they took her straight back to the meat packing plant.  Back to her hell.

I wish you could have seen the defeat in her big brown eyes when they took her off the trailer. It was like looking at a different animal. 

Then, pure insanity kicked in. I started screaming through the fence for the plant to let me buy her. At this point I assumed they thought I was a card carrying PETA member. But I'm not. 

Just someone using a little common sense that  thinks that any animal who fought that damn hard for their life deserves a second chance. 

I've been in contact with the meat packing plant, begging them to release her. I have a local farm willing to take her.  I just need to the funds to buy her from slaughter and transport her to the farm.

All funds will be given to The Gentle Barn, via checks or online transfer, which we will document here for full transparency.  

The Gentle Barn rescues animals from severe abuse and neglect who are too old, sick, lame, or scared to be adopted into homes. They are a sanctuary to horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, peacocks, emus, cats and dogs. Once rehabilitated, the animals help give hope and inspiration to children with the same stories.

Learn more at www.gentlebarn.com