FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — All three Texas longhorns have finally been caught after escaping a Fairfield Township farm near Keenland Drive.
Dozens of people, dogs and horses searched for the cows Monday after learning the three jumped over a fence and ran away. Lawrence Bishop, a pastor and cowboy, was able to help catch one of the longhorns Monday night. He described when he threw his rope on the longhorn and tried getting it under control.
"Well she ran across the street and I roped her in somebody's backyard, I just had one horn and kind of half a head but it worked," said Bishop. "It popped off right here when I was turning the rope popped off so she went in down by that garage so I just roped her, the dogs had her kind of up against the brush, I roped her and was dragging her onto the trailer she wanted to run into the garage and I could've held her but my horse stopped he didn't want to go into the ladies flower bed so I guess he's really polite."
Hobby farmer and cattle owner Brandon Cantwell said his neighbor wanted to show the animals off to his grandchildren Sunday night. While they were looking at the creatures, something spooked them and they jumped the fence and ran off into the woods.
"Two of them did it initially and the third one just didn't want to feel left out I guess," Cantwell said.
Cantwell said the three female longhorns are new to the neighborhood. He's had them for about three weeks and they are still getting used to people.
He said they are very docile creatures but said it is always best to let them be and let the professionals handle try and bring them home.
Fairfield Township police reached out to Campbell for help. He's a local who owns a small herd of cattle.
Campbell said he had spotted them multiple times since they escaped. At one point he was able to feed one of them out of his hands before they decided to wander back into the woods.
While they weren't exactly cooperative, all three are safe and back at the farm.
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