Four runaway cows in Quebec caught in covert operation and returned to thankful owner

It took a covert operation after nightfall and the help of freshly fallen snow to round up four cows from a herd of cattle that have been on the loose for months in central Quebec, an official with Quebec’s farmers union said Monday. The four runaways, who along with the rest of the herd have wreaked havoc on farmers’ fields, were reunited Sunday with their owner in St-Severe, Que., about 130 kilometres northeast of Montreal, Martin Marcouiller, with the Union des producteurs agricoles, said in an interview. “The owner was very happy to have at least the four back,” Marcouiller said. “He put them in a barn with a lot of hay, litter, a lot of grass to eat, and water. So, now they need to get used to being around humans again.” Marcouiller said the farmers union kept the operation on Saturday night quiet so that curious onlookers wouldn’t compromise the plan, adding that not even the owner of the animals was in the loop. Union members lured four of the heifers into an enclosed feeding area that had been set up to capture the animals, he said, adding that because of recent snowfall, the cows had less to
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