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Herd of cows escape dairy farm and roam a Georgia neighborhood
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Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Waking up in the middle of the night can really ruin your mood.
(SOUNDBITE OF COW MOOING)
MARTIN: A woman in Georgia captured footage of a herd of cows ruining the landscaping in her front yard and roaming through her suburban neighborhood. It escaped from a farm at 3 a.m. and milked the opportunity for all it was worth. The cows were found and returned, but I wonder how they did it. Maybe they just went up and said, hey, it's pasture bedtime. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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