Report Finds Corralling Runaway Cow Wasn't Cheap

For months a cow on the lam eluded authorities and made headlines for its feistiness. Apprehending  Wanda, a young angus, wasn’t cheap. An investigation by the New Haven Register revealed that the total cost spread was nearly $5,000 split across several towns and the state.

Milford, where the cow was found, reportedly bared the brunt of the cost by spending nearly $2,500 on staff and supplies. State employees were paid $1,800 in overtime for the hunt.

Wanda escaped a farm in Orange and turned up in Milford last summer hanging out with a herd of deer near Gulf Pond.

A team of animal control officers and animal rescuers finally corralled it in December and subdued the cow with a tranquilizer dart and transported it to a farm in Oxford. Officials say the animal  and will live out its life in peace.