Police have recovered a Cycling UK cow sculpture which was stolen from its plinth on top of Box Hill last year. Cycling Moo Kay, which was one of more than 60 brightly-coloured cows to go on show as part of the Surrey Hills CowParade, had been due to be sold at auction as a charity fundraiser when it disappeared in August.
Held in dozens of cities and other locations worldwide since its launch in Zurich in 1998, CowParade has raised millions of pounds for charity, with the statues auctioned off at the end of each exhibition.
The life-size fibreglass Cycling Moo Kay was unbolted from its plinth and removed during the night. A month later, having not turned up, it was replaced by a similar creation going by the name of Cycling Moo Kay II.
Get Surrey reports that the original sculpture has now been found. Officers from the Mole Valley Policing Team executed a warrant at a property in Newdigate on Wednesday and a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of theft.
Ok, the cow’s outta the field now… so this morning we recovered long lost “Cycling Moo Kay”. A nice shaggy cow story for the New Year pic.twitter.com/F0d4UVXO9W
— Richard Hamlin (@DIRichardHamlin) January 11, 2017
Cycling Moo Kay will now be returned to the Surrey Hills CowParade.
18 thoughts on “Police track down Cycling UK’s lost charity cow”
Wonder what bullsh*t excuse
Wonder what bullsh*t excuse the suspect gave the rozzers when they knocked at his door
CygnusX1 wrote:
Apparently they’d been steaking out the place for days…
“It wasn’t me wot dunnit. It
“It wasn’t me wot dunnit. It was the udder guy
nniff wrote:
Yeah yeah…. Herd that before.
Nice to see the Police
Nice to see the Police milking this story for PR…
with all the recent cold
with all the recent cold weather and snow that cow must have been friesian
kevvjj wrote:
Unless it had a Jersey
Most serious crime heifer.
Most serious crime heifer.
You guys are having a field
You guys are having a field day with these puns
bogbrush wrote:
I couldn’t come up with anything better on the hoof
Fake cow found, theives had
Fake cow found, theives had turned it into a dead duck…
I have no beef with any of
I have no beef with any of these puns.
I would add a comment but the
I would add a comment but the best lines have already been creamed off.
talk about flogging a dead
talk about flogging a dead horse!
dammit, I’ll get my coat…
Pat on the back for all
Pat on the back for all involved with the safe return of the cow.
Has anyone herd where it is going to be displayed because I’d like to guernsey it?
Mungecrundle wrote:
Pun threads are now officially over. Scientific research indicates this will not be improved upon.
At least the tail had a happy
At least the tail had a happy ending.
You are surely milking this
You are surely milking this story now