IT HAD NO PRIOR INVOLVEMENT
WITH THE FAMILY. THE OFFICE OF
THE CHILD ADVOCATE HAS BEEN
NOTIFIED.
>> WELL, THE COW THAT ESCAPED
A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALMOST 2
MONTHS AGO HAS BEEN CAPTURED
IN JOHNSTON. POLICE SAY THE
STEER WAS CAPTURED WITHOUT
INJURY BY ITS OWNER. 12 NEWS
REPORTER IN NEED OF A PHONY
CAUGHT UP WITH A SANCTUARY
OWNER WHO WAS HOPING TO RESCUE
THE STEER. SHE JOINS US NOW
WITH THOSE DETAILS ON HOW IT
WAS FINALLY CAUGHT.
>> THE STEER MADE A TEMPORARY
HOME IN A WOODED NEIGHBORHOOD
IN JOHNSTON NOT FAR FROM THE
BUSY ROAD. IT ESCAPED FROM
IT'S NOW BACK IN CONNECTICUT
WITH ITS OWNER. BUT WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NEXT IS STILL UNCLEAR.
TIMING WAS NOT ON MIKE STIR
ASIDE. HE DROVE 5 HOURS
THURSDAY NIGHT FROM HIS ANIMAL
SANCTUARY IN NEW JERSEY TO
JOHNSTON AFTER GETTING A TIP.
WOODED AREA OFF PINE HILL
AVENUE.
>> MIKE STATE IN THE WOODS
OVERNIGHT WITH HIS TRAILER
OPENED STOCKED. WITH FEED IN
HOPES OF RESCUING IT. BUT THE
STEER HAD OTHER PLANS. I DON'T
KNOW IF.
>> IF WHAT THEY HAD OVER,
THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE
ATTRACTIVE OR IF MAYBE THAT IS
A FEATURE THAT HE MAY HAVE.
>> BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ANIMAL
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE
STEER WAS CAUGHT IN ANOTHER
TRAP NEARBY AND BROUGHT BACK
TO ITS OWNER, A FARM IN
CONNECTICUT. ACCORDING TO
POLICE, MIKE SAID HE AND THE
ANIMAL'S OWNER HAD A PREVIOUS
VERBAL AGREEMENT. IF YOU COULD
CATCH TO STEER IT WAS MIKE'S
TO KEEP AND RESCUE. SO HE
CALLED HIM AND HE SAYS ANIMAL,
THE LAW. MIKE HAS NO HARD
FEELINGS FOR THE STAIRS OWNER.
BUT WITH THE BOVINES FUTURE
UNCLEAR HE HOPES TO STEER CAN
LIVE OUT ITS DAYS IN PEACE.
THE ANIMAL ESCAPED A SLAUGHTER
HOUSE OFF GEORGE WATERMAN ROAD
IN EARLY FEBRUARY. IT HAS BEEN
ON THE RUN EVER SINCE THE
JOHNSTON STEER IS A HOUSEHOLD
NAME TO THOSE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CAUGHT LITERALLY
>> OH, MY GOSH. WELL, I I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PATTERN
UP. BUT.
>> HE'S SURE STAYED OUT THERE
FOR A LONG TIME IS A SMART
LITTLE COW.
>> NOW POLICE TELL US THE
STEER WAS CAUGHT WITHOUT
INJURY FRIDAY. NOW I WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR
THE ANIMAL. BUT I CALL THIS
BUT VERY, VERY WINDY STILL
TRACKING THAT KIND OF HALF AND
HALF WEEKEND THE FULL FORECAST
COMING UP LITTLE BIT. ALL
RIGHT, TONY, THANK YOU. WE
HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THAT
STEER THAT ESCAPE THE
SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND HAS BEEN
ON THE LOOSE NOW 4 MONTHS IN
JOHNSTON. IT HAS BEEN CAUGHT
BY THE DEBATE CONTINUES ON
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE
ANIMAL.
>> 12 NEWS REPORTER IN NEED OF
A PHONY SPOKE TO A SANCTUARY
OWNER WHO WAS HOPING TO CATCH
THE STEER.
>> THE STEER MANAGED TO FIND A
WOODED NEIGHBORHOOD IN
JOHNSTON WHERE IT STAYED FOR
SOME TIME. BUT POLICE SAY IT
WAS CAPTURED WITHOUT INJURY
AND IS BACK WITH ITS OWNER ON
A FARM IN CONNECTICUT MIXTURE
OF RUNS AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN
NEW JERSEY. HE MADE THE 5 HOUR
DRIVE TO RHODE ISLAND,
THURSDAY WHEN HE GOT A TIP,
THE RUNAWAY STEER WAS SPOTTED
IN JOHNSTON. HE LOADED UP HIS
TRAILER WITH FEED IN HOPES OF
LEARNING IT IN AND BRINGING IT
TO SAFETY AFTER CONVINCING A
NEIGHBOR THAT OWNS THE LAND
THE ANIMAL WAS STAYING ON. HE
WAS THERE TO RESCUE IT. MIKE
STAKED OUT THE BOVINE THEY LET
ME USE THEIR LAND BACK. MY
TRAIL AND LAST NIGHT SET IT
UP. AS KIND OF A GIANT HAVE A
HEART TRAP. YOU KNOW, SAYS HE
HAD A VERBAL AGREEMENT WITH
THE STEERS OWNER THAT IF HE
COULD CATCH IT, IT WAS MIKE'S
TO KEEP. IT WASN'T CAPTURED ON
STEER STREET. BUT NEARBY OFF
PINE HILL AVENUE. A TRAP SET
UP BY THE OWNER IS WHAT
ULTIMATELY ATTRACTED THE
ANIMAL AROUND THE SAME TIME
OWNER BROUGHT THE STEER BACK
TO CONNECTICUT ON FRIDAY. MIKE
SAYS THERE ARE NO HARD
FEELINGS, BUT WITH THE STEERS
FUTURE UNCLEAR HE HOPES THE
OWNER WILL LET THE ANIMAL LIVE
OUT ITS DAYS AND YOU COULD BE
THE HERO.
>> YOU KNOW, I'D BE THE GUY
TRANSPORT THEM AND GIVE THEM A
HOUSE. BUT YOU'D BE THE GUY.
TEMPORARY HOME IN THIS WOODED
AREA OFF PINE HILL AVENUE
AFTER ESCAPING A
SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN EARLY
FEBRUARY. MANY JOHNSTON
RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT
ITS FUTURE. SOME TAKING TO
SOCIAL MEDIA WILLING TO PAY
FOR ITS RESCUE. OTHERS
IMPRESSED WITH HIS WEEKSLONG
ESCAPE.
>> BUT I THINK HE'S HAS KUDOS
FOR MAKING IT OUT FOR AS LONG
AS HE DID.
>> NOW IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE
STEERS FATE CALLED THE
ANIMAL'S OWNER TO FIND OUT BUT