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Central Florida now has ‘jungle cows’ after hurricane flooding forces them from grazing land
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Floodwaters from recent hurricanes have inundated grazing lands on Lake Jesup’s north shore, forcing cattle into the woods.”They’re usually very happy out there, but with the hurricane, all the floodwaters have pushed them up into the woods, I joke that they’re now called jungle cows,” said Beki Herrbach.Herrbach runs a horseback riding stable near where the cattle graze.Even for horses, the water’s deep.”The big field that we ride through, right around Lake Jesup, it’s completely flooded, we can’t even walk through it, I’ve gone out as far as I can and it’s up to the belly of the horse, so we don’t go any further,” Herrbach said.Over the weekend, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo on Facebook of a calf rescued from a spot surrounded by water.It shows sheriff’s office deputies on the scene after an officer from another agency spotted the cows and all the water while driving on State Road 417 and called it in. The sheriff’s office says the rancher showed up to move the cows at the same time deputies arrived.It became a team effort.”It’s great, if they really were stranded, I know the cows will stand in water a lot of times,” Herrbach said.”Thankfully they’re on dry ground now,” Herrbach added.
Floodwaters from recent hurricanes have inundated grazing lands on Lake Jesup’s north shore, forcing cattle into the woods.
“They’re usually very happy out there, but with the hurricane, all the floodwaters have pushed them up into the woods, I joke that they’re now called jungle cows,” said Beki Herrbach.
Herrbach runs a horseback riding stable near where the cattle graze.
Even for horses, the water’s deep.
“The big field that we ride through, right around Lake Jesup, it’s completely flooded, we can’t even walk through it, I’ve gone out as far as I can and it’s up to the belly of the horse, so we don’t go any further,” Herrbach said.
Over the weekend, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo on Facebook of a calf rescued from a spot surrounded by water.
It shows sheriff’s office deputies on the scene after an officer from another agency spotted the cows and all the water while driving on State Road 417 and called it in.
The sheriff’s office says the rancher showed up to move the cows at the same time deputies arrived.
It became a team effort.
“It’s great, if they really were stranded, I know the cows will stand in water a lot of times,” Herrbach said.
“Thankfully they’re on dry ground now,” Herrbach added.
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