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Udder lunacy: Candlelit vigil planned after police scramble dozens of officers, 20 vehicles, a helicopter and SIX marksmen...to gun down one bewildered cow ambling along the street

Dozens of police, six snipers and helicopter gave chase to an escaped cow

It had gone on run with two others from a country park in North Tyneside

Police caught two but shot Bessie dead - claiming she posed risk to public

But use of force has angered onlookers, who plan to hold a candlelit vigil

By Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail
Published: 13:51 EST, 20 May 2015 | Updated: 23:35 EST, 20 May 2015

Cornered by dozens of police officers, a helicopter, 20 squad vehicles and six snipers, the villain had nowhere left to run.

And with a single shot to the head the dramatic cross-country chase came to a deadly conclusion.

But the target in the police riflemen’s sights was not an escaped killer – it was Bessie the cow.

Locals are so upset at her unhappy end that they are planning a candlelit vigil tomorrow to remember her with 7,000 people 'liking' the event on Facebook.

Onlookers say ‘trigger-happy’ police should have tranquilised the animal instead, claiming it was peacefully chewing the cud when it was gunned down.

Bessie was among three cows to bolt from a country park after being spooked by a dog.

The other two were safely captured by Northumbria Police which called in huge resources to find Bessie, claiming she posed a ‘significant risk’ to the public.

They tracked her down to a roadside field where the fatal shot was fired.

Supporters of the vigil said the decision was ‘cruel and utterly pointless’.



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