40 Cows Roamed Free; Jumped at Opportunity

SHELTON, Conn.--About a dozen construction workers became instant cowboys after they accidentally knocked down a dairy farm fence and gave 40 cows the chance to roam free.

Workers helping install the Iroquois gas pipeline spent several hours rounding up the cattle, which belong to the Shelton Dairy Farm.

The cows jumped at the opportunity to leave their confines, said Bob Pawlowski, who works at the farm.

"Forty of them just took off," Pawlowski said after the incident Monday. "They crossed the field and went into the woods."

Pawlowski said the Iroquois workers rounded up the cattle like pros and apologized for the trouble.