Runaway Cow On The Loose In Brooklyn's Prospect Park

Amusing the internet and likely bewildering many of New York City’s residents, live footage showed a cow on the lam Tuesday in the Brooklyn area. Reacting to news of the cow, which wound up in one of the borough’s southernmost parks, Twitter quickly dubbed the runaway animal the Prospect Park Cow.

A helicopter cam from ABC caught the cow as dozens of New Yorkers flocked to a fence near the animal. As word of its escape made its way to the internet, the cow became a trending topic on Twitter.

The New York Daily News reported Tuesday that the loose cow escaped from a slaughterhouse. The New York Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit was tasked with corralling the animal, which reportedly ran two miles from the slaughterhouse to its location at the park. Animal Care Centers was also reportedly contacted.