{"id":155932,"date":"2026-02-14T23:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/155932\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T23:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:53:09","slug":"cow-on-the-loose-in-florida-suburb-roped-by-horseback-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/155932\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow on the loose in Florida suburb roped by horseback hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s no bull \u2014 a loose cow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/travel\/news\/holy-cow-man-on-horseback-wrangles-loose-cow-in-port-orange-neighborhood\/ar-AA1WeQwJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">brought traffic to a standstill <\/a>in a central Florida suburb Thursday, prompting a quick-thinking cowboy to saddle up and rope the animal before anyone was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic aerial footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/cowboy-captured-loose-cow-port-orange-searching-for-owner\/70350139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">from NBC affiliate WESH-TV<\/a> shows the moment Lewis Perry lassoed the wandering bovine near the intersection of Taylor Road and Williamson Boulevard in Port Orange, ending the roadside spectacle without injury.<\/p>\n<p>The cow was first spotted running down the middle of the road near the Publix supermarket on Taylor Road, snarling traffic as it darted through nearby parking lots.<\/p>\n<p>A loose cow bolts down Taylor Road in Port Orange, Fla. on Thursday, snarling traffic and drawing stunned onlookers. wesh\/NBC<\/p>\n<p>Drivers slow to a crawl as the wandering bovine darts through a busy shopping corridor near Publix. Facebook\/What&#8217;s Happening in Port Orange<\/p>\n<p>Residents called police as the animal roamed the busy corridor, but Perry headed down to the scene before authorities could secure it.<\/p>\n<p>The cowboy loaded up his 8-year-old horse, Tweety, and headed to the location. He told WESH-TV he likely had just one shot \u2014 and he nailed it on the first try.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Perry swings his rope as aerial footage captures the tense moment he lines up his only shot. wesh\/NBC<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go to rope a cow that is loose like that, you generally only get one try at it,\u201d he told the NBC affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you rope it and miss, then she or he will bolt, and you have to race and chase them down. In suburbs like that, it can get really dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perry credited Tweety, a roping horse trained for cattle work. Despite crowds of onlookers and a news helicopter overhead, the horse remained calm and focused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t bother him at all. It bothered me more than him, probably,\u201d Perry told WESH-TV. \u201cHe\u2019s just a well-mannered horse that does a very good job for me. I\u2019m very, very lucky to own him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With help from local police and nearby residents, Perry guided the animal into a livestock trailer without incident.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported and no property was damaged.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, there was no word on who owns the cow that brought traffic to a halt in Port Orange. wesh\/NBC<\/p>\n<p>After securing the cow, Perry began searching for its owner \u2014 a task complicated by the absence of ear tags, brands or other identification markings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat one had no markings at all, which is weird,\u201d Perry said. \u201cWe use ear tags on all of our cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Perry is keeping the cow and urging the owner to contact him at <a href=\"http:\/\/\">kimsrodeo2@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s no bull \u2014 a loose cow brought traffic to a standstill in a central Florida suburb Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8270,28,30,29,4278],"class_list":["post-155932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-cowboys","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}