{"id":436875,"date":"2026-10-24T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/436875\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:54:07","slug":"florida-cow-gets-trapped-in-mud-in-unusual-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/436875\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Cow Gets Trapped In Mud In Unusual Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Florida cow gets trapped deep in the mud of a canal, prompting a challenging rescue mission involving multiple sheriff&#8217;s office units.Veronica, an 18-month-old Gyr heifer, went missing after jumping a fence on the night before her owner reported her missing on Friday, October 16.Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to Double Branch Road and deployed their Drone Unit to search for the missing cow.The drone eventually spotted Veronica stuck deep in the mud in a canal off Boat Bayou. Unable to move, she needed help from the agency&#8217;s Agricultural Unit and Marine Unit.Thick mangroves, deep mud and a rising tide made reaching the animal difficult, while fading daylight added to the challenge.After an eight-hour operation, deputies managed to pull Veronica to safety. She is now resting comfortably at the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida cow gets trapped deep in the mud of a canal, prompting a challenging rescue mission involving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-436875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436875","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=436875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}