COOKEVILLE – A Cookeville police officer has fatally shot a large contrary cow.
The Cookeville Herald-Citizen quoted city police Sgt. Scott Winfree who said he was sent to the Putnam Fairgrounds area late Tuesday night on a report that a cow was roaming the area.
Winfree said the animal charged several people who tried to round it up and get it back into a stock barn and had butted a truck.
The officer said the cow weighed between 1,200 and 1,400 pounds and was a danger to area residents and motorists.
Winfree killed the cow with one rifle shot and stock barn workers removed it.