CAN'T TAKE BULL BY THE HORNY
Moo wooing fails to lure LI runaway
She is not as udder-ly irresistible as they hoped.
Norma Jean, a seductive heifer-inheat named for sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, failed to entice a runaway Long Island bull out from hiding despite her sultry scent and sensuous mooing, her handlers said Thursday.
“She was mooing and out there,” Frank Floridia, president of Strong Island Animal Rescue, told The Post of the bovine temptress. “The scent was there, and despite the amazing efforts of the team, he didn’t show up.”
On Tuesday morning, the 1,500pound bull escaped from a farm on Barnes Road in Manorville by breaking through a fence, police said. He was scheduled to be slaughtered the next day, Newsday reported.
The raging bull, whom animal rescuers have since nicknamed Barney, then made a run for it along the Sunrise Highway, forcing police to shut it down at Exit 58 for 20 minutes.
That evening, he was spotted near the slaughterhouse on a night vision camera, leading local animal-rescue organizations to believe he may have been heading back to the area to sleep at night, Floridia said.
So at around 6 p.m. Wednesday, they brought in the hot-to-trot cow from a local farm — hoping the bull would fancy a roll in the hay.
Nerves may have gotten the best of barnyard babe Norma Jean, who stands nearly 4 feet tall with a dark coat, doe eyes and an inviting personality, said her owner, Lauren Cariello.
“She seemed a little nervous getting off the trailer with all the people around. She [clung] to me, glued my to side,” Cariello said. “I don’t think her moos carried far enough.”
But the cow isn’t normally so shy — and may return to try again.
“She is very loud, she has a lot to say. We have a big farmhouse with a lot of windows and if she sees you, she starts mooing,” Cariello said of the 800-pound, 2-year-old miniature Jersey cow. “She’s like a big golden retriever, happy and friendly.”
Background noise from a nearby stream and the highway may have drowned out the cow’s flirty calls, Cariello said
“We tied her up for a couple hours and she mooed her little head off,” she said. “I don’t think her moos carried far enough.”
The mission — which lasted about 2¹/2 hours — ended with no bull in sight. Rescuers also scattered grains in hopes of corralling him.
“What would be the best way to lure a young male out than to bring in a menstruating cow?” Floridia said.
Suffolk County police confirmed Thursday that the bull was still on the loose and that the search had been turned over to animal-rescue groups.
One cheeky Long Islander donned a matador costume and flashed a red cape, to no avail.