Six-year-old German cow Yvonne, who escaped a slaughterhouse fate on May 24, has eluded capture for over three months and become acclaimed for her will to be free, with local officials now asking that she be left undisturbed in her current habitat of the Bavarian forest.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/08/29/Runaway-cow-gains-freedom-to-roam/UPI-66441314659148/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/29/140036762/freedom-for-yvonne-germanys-runaway-cow-search-called-off