Police Capture Cow On The Loose Prospect Park Brooklyn

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This morning, a bull (earlier thought to be a cow) on the loose in Brooklyn gave Twitter a welcome diversion from snarking on the usual world-is-burning news. The NYPD eventually announced that it captured the bull, which was roaming around Prospect Park, blissfully unaware of having been subtweeted thousands of times. (Although in its few short hours of fame, it has managed to gain not one, but two, parody Twitter accounts, @BrooklynBovine and @BrooklynCow.)

Animal officials tranquilized the bull, according to ABC 7, and many people are pleading that he doesn't go to the slaughterhouse. As of now, his fate is uncertain. There's no word on where or how he escaped. FDNY officials told ABC 7 that the bull had knocked over a child in a stroller, and the child was taken to a nearby hospital.

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Videos of the NYPD trying to catch the bull show that it was not backing down.

NEW VIDEO : NYPD attempting to catch the cow in Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/whXztYQbm6
— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) October 17, 2017

Naturally, New Yorkers lauded its rebellious, can-do spirit.

i love you brooklyn cow never give up never surrender https://t.co/pmPEdd64Yv
— ? rachel slime ? (@rachsyme) October 17, 2017

Many people said that they observed the bull, and took pictures.

Just saw a COW bolting up 17th St in S. Slope. On the sidewalk. In case I thought there was nothing new to be seen after a lifetime in NYC.
— RosieSchaapofHorrors (@rosieschaap) October 17, 2017

Found the cow staring down onlookers on Prospect Park athletic field. #prospectparkcow pic.twitter.com/mTSinbDRYO
— Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) October 17, 2017

"Cow Twitter" was the best Twitter this morning. There were good tweets. Inspired tweets. Tweets that kept hundreds of writers from filing stories on deadline and hundreds of reporters from the bleakness of the news. But it was very, very worth it.

Why I'm Leaving New York, by the Prospect Park Cow
— David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) October 17, 2017

The bull became a metaphor for anything people wanted it to be.

Just caught word that a cow is on the loose and I want to announce that I support all those fleeing institutional oppression.
— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) October 17, 2017

There were puns.

Hm, all these sanctimonious tweets about the brooklyn cow and yet none of them has taken advantage of “don’t have a cow”
— Katie Heaney (@KTHeaney) October 17, 2017

There was wistful reminiscing about llamas on the loose.

ah, cow chase! reminds me of the llama days of 2015, w/ a lovely side of "why do i care about this when our senators are trying to kill us"
— Sammy Nickalls (@sammynickalls) October 17, 2017

This about sums it all up:

This #BrooklynCow thing is a nice throwback to when Twitter was for fun distractions and not watching the world burn
— Stephen Wood (@TheStephenWood) October 17, 2017