Cincinnati Freedom

Cincinnati Freedom (c. 1995 – December 29, 2008), also known as Charlene Moo-ken, after Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken,

Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio. She lived out the rest of her life at Farm Sanctuary's New York Shelter in Watkins Glen, New York, where she was particularly popular with animal rights

activists and animal lovers.

Finding a permanent home for her was a source of some debate, as most considered her no longer eligible for slaughter. The

Cincinnati Zoo declined to house her, citing health concerns and the possibility that she could not be safely contained. Jan Malley, a Northern Kentucky woman with a 12-acre (49,000 m²) farm, was also considered as a possibility. In late March, however, artist Peter Max

offered $180,000 worth of paintings to the SPCA for use at their next auction. In return, he took custody of the cow, whom he named to commemorate not only her dramatic pursuit of liberty, but the city into which she escaped.

Cincinnati Freedom received the key to Cincinnati, but did not wear it during the Cincinnati Reds Findlay Market Opening Day Parade on April 1, 2002, as planned, because she was judged too jumpy and nervous to participate. She was brought to her permanent home at Farm Sanctuary's New York Shelter on April 11, 2002, where she spent the rest of her life. She was reported to be doing well in the sanctuary and had apparently made a number of friends, including Queenie, a cow who escaped from a slaughterhouse in Queens, New York, in 2000.

In 2008, Cincinnati Freedom developed

spinal cancer, an incurable and untreatable ailment in cows. She was euthanized on December 29, 2008.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Blair, Ron (March 4, 2002). "That Roaming Cow Prompts Ruminations". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
^ "Fugitive cow passes away". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ "Cincinnati Freedom, the fugitive cow" January 12, 2009, by Will Tuttle

External links

[1]
"Mooovin' Along: The Official Chronicle Of The Cow On The Run" WCPO.com, April 11, 2002

[1] Blair, Ron (March 4, 2002). "That Roaming Cow Prompts Ruminations". The Cincinnati Enquirer.

[2] "Fugitive cow passes away". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[3] "Cincinnati Freedom, the fugitive cow" January 12, 2009, by Will Tuttle

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