A small Quebec town is resorting to cowboy tactics to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have evaded capture for months and have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields.
The mayor of St-Sévère, in Quebec’s Mauricie region, says the 20 or so young animals jumped out of their field at the end of July and have been on the lam ever since.
Jean-Yves St-Arnaud estimates the animals have caused between $20,000 and $25,000 of damage by flattening crops and chewing up ears of corn in farmers’ fields.
St-Arnaud says residents and officials have tried everything to catch them, including enlisting the cowboys of nearby St-Tite—a town known for its annual western festival….