In the past year I've written about Nelly the elephant, vultures trained to find lost people, Paul the octopus, all of whom became celebrities in Germany. This summer's German papers have been filled with Yvonne the cow. She has even become famous on Facebook; she has more than 27,000 friends.
Germans seem mesmerized by some animals. In past years, they have lionized Bruno, a brown bear, Knut, a polar bear, and Heidi, an opossum.
Yvonne escaped from her cattle farm in May and has been on the loose since. Initially, she was considered so dangerous to traffic that the police said it was permissible to kill her. However, she has not caused problems in three months, so the permission has been withdrawn and Yvonne is now free to roam.
In the past three months, Yvonne has certainly made people notice. A newspaper offered a reward of $14,500 for her capture; the same paper even paid a veterinarian to examine the cow's feces. A folk song was written in her honor. A male cow was released in Yvonne's bailiwick; she ignored him.
It is hoped that, when winter comes, Yvonne will be pleased to live at an animal sanctuary which has become her owner.
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