Cow that escaped slaughter in 2002 dies

[The Straight Story]

Cow that escaped slaughter in 2002 dies

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Let animal lovers rejoice: Cinci Freedom, a cow that escaped from a Cincinnati meatpacking plant in 2002 and ran free in a city park for 10 days, lived out the second half of her life in bucolic splendor.

Although she never lost her intense fear of humans, the 13-year-old Charolais put on as much as 800 pounds and found plenty of room for frolicking on a 175-acre animal sanctuary with a herd of feisty soul mates rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses.

"Up until her last days on the planet, she looked fantastic," her caregiver, Susie Coston, said Monday. "She represents the will to live, what all of them want. She just had such a desire to get away and not to be killed."

Cinci was euthanized Dec. 29 after losing use of her hind legs from spinal cancer, said Coston, national shelter director of Farm Sanctuary in the hilly Finger Lakes region in western New York.

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[roguevalley]

1. good for her. my dad's family had that breed and the only way to

get into the bull's pen was to carry a pitch fork. He was afraid of it but not people. He would go after you if you didn't have one in your hand.

[grilled onions]

2. I Will Celebrate Cici's Life....

with a veggie burger!!