--- --- # Cow Bolts From Slaughterhouse Only to Be Killed Near McDonald's ## Video: Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of? [Watch (HLS stream): Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8) (5:05)  _Published 2015-01-20. Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?_ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 28, 2015 1:37 AM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 28, 2015 1:37 AM UTC A cow that had [apparently](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/05/27/cow-on-the-loose-in-the-west-side/28011209/) broken out of a slaughterhouse on Wednesday morning has met its death, authorities in Cincinnati said. The animal escaped the Tri State Beef Co, causing at least one passerby to document its freedom on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/ericberting34/status/603579738448384001) The meat wholesaler followed the cow, which police [described](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/05/27/cow-on-the-loose-in-the-west-side/28011209/) to Cincinnati.com as “confused” and “nervous,” eventually killing it near a McDonald’s. Police said there were no injuries as a result of the incident and that there would be no investigation into the matter. Cow Breaks Loose in Cincinnati: Shot and Killed Near McDonald's ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/"},"headline":"Cow Bolts From Slaughterhouse Only to Be Killed Near McDonald's","datePublished":"2015-05-28T01:37:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:44:50.179Z","description":"Cincinnati police won't be investigating the matter","url":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Accident","Cincinnati"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/","name":"Cow Bolts From Slaughterhouse Only to Be Killed Near McDonald's"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","description":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nGOOAY0j/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-20T22:40:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/","duration":"PT5M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3899246/cow-mcdonalds-slaughterhouse-killed/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```