POLICE officers called to the recently reopened road linking Shanklin and Ventnor were not out catching law breakers, but instead a cow which seized the moo-ment to escape from its field.

Officers were called to a report of a cow loose on the aptly named Cowleaze Hill, near Shanklin, at 12.31pm today (Sunday, July 28).

It appears the animal had broken out of a field, adjoining the main road.

But the cow was quickly found and taken back to its farm shortly after 1pm — safely returned back behind barbed wire.

Incidents like this are not uncommon on the Island. 

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The cow's owner undoubtedly gave officers a well-deserved cow-pat on the back for their sterling work!