News Release

Wild Cows Return Home

Date: November 22, 2019
Contact: B.G. Horvat, 252-838-8906

HARKERS ISLAND, NC –  Three wild cows that miraculously showed up on the North Core Banks of Cape Lookout National Seashore, have returned home to Cedar Island, NC to be reunited with their herd.

Park staff, in partnership with Ranch Solutions, LLC., and Morris Marina Ferry Service, worked to round up the cattle in what turned out to be about a two-day operation beginning yesterday, lasting until this morning. The wild cows were corralled into a cattle trailer that was loaded aboard a vehicle ferry. From there, the cattle and their wranglers were transported safely across the almost 4 miles of Core Sound to the mainland.

Upon arrival at the ferry landing in Atlantic, NC, the cows were taken a short drive up NC state highway 12 to their home grazing grounds to be reunited with their stock-family.

“It took a lot of folks coming together to make this happen, and we are happy the cows made it home to Cedar Island,” said Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent, Jeff West, “I am pretty sure they are too!”

The park would like to thank Ranch Solutions, LLC., and Morris Marina Ferry Service for their help in getting these cattle home. For more information, including photos, go to: https://go.nps.gov/wildcows.