Udderly heart-warming.

A cow that escaped an Arizona slaughterhouse was saved by a nearby sanctuary and dozens of online animal lovers who together raised money to stop the gentle lady from landing on a dinner plate.

The bovine, affectionately named Mootilda, made the death-defying escape last month and trotted for miles without stopping. 4

She was eventually captured and shipped right back to a meat processing facility, but her brief moments of freedom filmed and photographed by confounded locals were enough to win over the hearts of animal lovers near and far.

Animal sanctuary owner Aimee Takaha called the slaughterhouse where Mootilda was shipped, just four miles away from her organization, and petitioned to save the cow’s life.

“I thought she’s so remarkable, and how awful fo

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