Littledragon said:
?? I don't get it Amos. LOL
It was just a cute little story that had nothing to do with you--although it was in Maryland.
Hmmm......maybe it DID have something to do with you!
Well, anyway, it was a change of pace from the usual doom and gloom we usually hear on the news.
Pikesville, Maryland - A herd of buffaloes somehow got loose and wandered around an upscale neighbourhood, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners before officers managed to corral them in a tennis court.
More than a dozen police cars and a police helicopter were used to herd the beasts, which numbered about 10, on Tuesday, authorities said.
"Somehow they figured it out; I've got to give a lot of credit to the creativity of our officers," police spokesperson Shawn Vinson said.
The officers used lounge chairs beside the tennis court as shields and formed a human chain to corral the wayward buffaloes. One buffalo was seen leaping over one of the tennis nets in an effort to evade capture.
The animals came from a farm in Stevenson, nearly 5km away, Vinson said. They were returned to the farm later in the day.
Residents in Pikesville, a Baltimore suburb, first reported that buffalo were meandering along the road about 7am
Police shut down several major traffic arteries while they tried to anticipate which way the buffaloes would roam.
Officers eventually managed to manoeuvre the buffaloes onto the tennis court about a kilometre from where they first were spotted.