\n\t\t\t\t\t\t When a cow started running loose through Port Orange, Florida, Lewis Perry handled it the only way he knew how: he saddled up his horse and rode into town.Before the roundup came the routine.Perry prepared Tweety, his 8-year-old roping horse, for a job no one expected, capturing a stray cow wandering near homes and busy streets Thursday. \u201cI called around to some buddies of mine, and nobody was really available,\u201d Perry said. \u201cSo I told my wife, I said, \u2018I think we\u2019ve got to do something about this.\u2019\u201d Once he located the cow, he knew there was little room for error.\u201cIf you go to rope a cow that is loose like that, you generally only get one try at it,\u201d Perry said. \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 With homes, traffic, and onlookers nearby, a missed throw could have made the situation worse.But Perry made the catch.With assistance from officers and neighbors, he guided the cow safely into a trailer without injuries or damage.He credited Tweety for staying calm despite the unusual surroundings, including crowds gathering to watch.\u201cIt didn\u2019t bother him at all,\u201d Perry said. \u201cIt bothered me more than him, probably.\u201dWhere the cow came from remains unclear.\u201cThat one had no markings at all, which is weird,\u201d Perry said. \u201cWe use ear tags on all of our cattle.\u201dFor now, Perry is keeping the cow while trying to identify its owner.In the meantime, he\u2019s praising the horse that helped bring the situation under control.\u201cHe\u2019s just a well-mannered horse that does a very good job for me,\u201d Perry said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very lucky to own him.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
When a cow started running loose through Port Orange, Florida, Lewis Perry handled it the only way he knew how: he saddled up his horse and rode into town.<\/p>\n
Before the roundup came the routine.<\/p>\n
Perry prepared Tweety, his 8-year-old roping horse, for a job no one expected, capturing a stray cow wandering near homes and busy streets Thursday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI called around to some buddies of mine, and nobody was really available,\u201d Perry said. \u201cSo I told my wife, I said, \u2018I think we\u2019ve got to do something about this.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
Once he located the cow, he knew there was little room for error.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you go to rope a cow that is loose like that, you generally only get one try at it,\u201d Perry said. \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
With homes, traffic, and onlookers nearby, a missed throw could have made the situation worse.<\/p>\n
But Perry made the catch.<\/p>\n
With assistance from officers and neighbors, he guided the cow safely into a trailer without injuries or damage.<\/p>\n
He credited Tweety for staying calm despite the unusual surroundings, including crowds gathering to watch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn\u2019t bother him at all,\u201d Perry said. \u201cIt bothered me more than him, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n
Where the cow came from remains unclear.<\/p>\n
\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
For now, Perry is keeping the cow while trying to identify its owner.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, he\u2019s praising the horse that helped bring the situation under control.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just a well-mannered horse that does a very good job for me,\u201d Perry said. \u201cI\u2019m very, very lucky to own him.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When a cow started running loose through Port Orange, Florida, Lewis Perry handled it the only way he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75168,4207,75166,75163,28,30,29,320,20724,1793,20417,75167,75165,75161,1224,10218,8075,16925,6260,20299,75162,75164],"class_list":{"0":"post-156635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-8-year-old-roping-horse","9":"tag-assistance","10":"tag-cow","11":"tag-cowboy","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-home","16":"tag-horse","17":"tag-injury","18":"tag-job","19":"tag-lassos-loose-cow","20":"tag-lewis-perry","21":"tag-loose-cow","22":"tag-officer","23":"tag-one","24":"tag-owner","25":"tag-perry","26":"tag-port-orange","27":"tag-situation","28":"tag-tweety","29":"tag-williamson-boulevard"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156635","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=156635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}