--- description: Cincinnati police won't be investigating the matter. title: Cow Bolts From Slaughterhouse Only to Be Killed Near McDonald's image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cow Bolts From Slaughterhouse Only to Be Killed Near McDonald's by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 1:37 AM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 1:37 AM CUT A cow that had [apparently](http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/05/27/cow-on-the-loose-in-the-west-side/28011209/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") 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. ```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":"2026-04-13T09:06:12.421Z","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"}}] ```