Cow escapes transport vehicle en route to New Jersey slaughterhouse

March 10 (UPI) -- Police and animal control officers responded to the border of two New Jersey towns to wrangle a cow that made a late night escape from a transport vehicle.

Officers responded just before 3:20 a.m. Tuesday to the border of Carteret and Woodbridge when a loose cow was reported wandering the roads in the area.

Witness Antoine Webb captured video of the bovine and posted it to Facebook.

Police said the cow escaped from a transport vehicle on its way to a slaughterhouse. They said it was believed to have been destined for the Carteret Abattoir slaughterhouse.

Animal control officers and police captured the cow just after 4 a.m. It was unclear whether the cow was taken back to the slaughterhouse.