After purchasing the plastic cow for around £700, the farmer said its early days on his farm were spent wedged next to a hawthorn bush, prompting passersby to knock on his door to warn him that a real cow was stuck.
Despite being described as “exceptionally difficult to remove” due to its “heavy, solid plastic structure”, the farmer said he assumed the culprits were likely to be “drunk kids who’ve done it for a bit of a laugh”.
It is believed that the livestock lookalike – said to have often been mistaken for a real cow – was stolen from a field near Harrogate at some point in the fortnight leading up to 28 January.
A farmer has appealed for the return of a life-sized plastic cow which he said was “very elegantly” stolen from his field in Yorkshire.
“Between Tuesday 14 January and Tuesday 28 January 2025, a life-size plastic cow was stolen from a field in the area.
