Yesterday, six cows made a desperate bid for their freedom— escaping a slaughterhouse in north St. Louis and leading police on a chase that lasted nearly six hours.
But the bovines' Hail Mary attempt to escape the packing plant appears to have paid off for at least one heifer: Two separate GoFundMe campaigns collectively raised close to $9,000 overnight. And the woman behind one of them, St. Louis podcaster Kelly Manno, says she has a deal with the slaughterhouse owner to secure the release of one of the cows.
And not only that, but Manno has been able to arrange transport and a forever home for the cow — a family farm in Lincoln County where she can spend her days chewing her cud and marveling at the sky.
Promises Manno, "This is no factory farm.…