It was a very unusual rescue, even for Santa Barbara County firefighters who’ve seen just about everything.
A cow became stuck in mud deep in a canyon on Dos Pueblos Ranch on the Gaviota Coast.
Firefighters got the call just after 4 Monday afternoon, and found a cow up to its neck in mud. They have no idea how long it had been stuck there, but it was exhausted.
![Santa Barbara County firefigfighters work to rescue a trapped cow Monday night.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2a65d7f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1536x2048+0+0/resize/880x1173!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F33%2F1e%2F3e00b85345c5add67d40fae705fa%2Fcowtwo.jpeg)
Santa Barbara County Fire Department
It took firefighters about five hours to slowly work the cow out of the mud. The is reported to be tired but okay.