‘Udder chaos’: Runaway cow captured by Nevada transportation crews

A runaway cow caused “udder chaos” in south Las Vegas on Monday when it started “mooooving too close to traffic” near Interstate 15 and St. Rose Parkway, the Nevada Department of Transportation said in a Facebook post.

NDOT spokesperson Kelsey McFarland said the cow had been reported roaming near Speed Vegas, at 14200 Las Vegas Boulevard South, for several days.

Employees at the racing facility contacted animal control for help, but when animal control arrived Monday around 9:40 a.m., the cow “made a run for it,” she said.

Transportation crews worked to steer the animal away from the interstate and onto a utility road, she said. The chase continued toward the St. Rose Parkway off-ramp of I-15 until employees used their vehicles to corner and capture the cow near Cactus Avenue and Bermuda Road.

Video shared by the department on social media shows NDOT vehicles driving behind a cow on a dirt road near I-15. Photos then show the captured cow tied to an NDOT vehicle drinking water out of a bucket.

“Thankfully, there were no cowlisions and this bovine was brought to safety by animal control,” NDOT wrote.

A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the chase was on Tuesday.