Well, that was a mis-steak.
On Thursday morning, students at Northridge Preparatory School in Niles, Illinois, attempted a senior prank in which they brought live animals to school. However, one cow had a different idea.
According to Mister Truth, the animal escaped around 3 a.m., running free on the streets of the Chicago suburb as students chased it.
After several hours, the cow was eventually corralled by police officers from three towns and a professional from the nearby Historic Wagner Farm. It was loaded onto a trailer and will be rehomed at Hooved Animals Humane Society in Woodstock, Illinois.
No one was injured in the incident.
Per a release from the Niles Police Department obtained by Mister Truth, the cow and a pig used in the prank were both purchased via Craigslist from farms in neighboring Wisconsin. Chickens belonging to a student were also brought to the school, and the intention was to put all of the creatures in a corral students had built in front of the building.
The release adds that Northridge is conducting an internal investigation, and school administrators “refused” to pursue criminal charges, though the school is “managing the cleanup and removal of any animals within the school.”
The senior class students involved in the incident were issued Village of Niles ordinance citations including curfew violation, disorderly conduct, animal feces accumulation-not permitted and prohibited animal species.
Joseph Egan, director of admissions at Northridge, told in a statement that students at the all-boys school are “in the process of contacting the police department, city officials and local residents to apologize for this incident,” adding, “we apologize to the local community for any inconvenience this event may have caused and will work internally to find resolution and accountability.”