Niles Senior Prank Cow Has Been Adopted: Humane Society

WOODSTOCK, IL — Blossom has a new home. The heifer, who was part of a local senior prank that went awry in April, was adopted earlier this month. The Hooved Animal Humane Society, located in Woodstock, shared the news in a social media post.

"HAHS is thrilled to share that our beautiful heifer Blossom has been adopted!!," the July 3 post reads. "This sweet girl has truly blossomed, and we are so excited she found a wonderful forever home with a former HAHS adopter. Have a happy life, sweet girl, you deserve it!!”

A heifer is a young female cow that has not borne a calf.

During the early hours of April 27, residents in a Niles neighborhood awoke to a cow running in the streets and local police trying to chase her down for more than six hours.

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Students at Northridge Prep School had bought the cow and other animals via Craigslist as a senior prank. Police responded to the 8300 block of Ballard Road at around 2:56 a.m. for a report of suspicious people in the area, who were later identified as students from the school. Following assistance from the Park Ridge Police Department and a representative from nearby Wagner Farm in Glenview, the cow was secured at around 9:15 a.m.

According to police, the animals were purchased via Craigslist by the students involved. A pig was purchased near Dixon and the cow was bought from Winneconne, Wisconsin. Chickens belonging to the students were also brought to the school.

Police issued Village of Niles ordinance citations to the students, including curfew violation, disorderly conduct, animal feces accumulation and possession of prohibited animal species.

In the days following the incident, the heifer was brought to HAHS. The non-profit organization even held a naming contest, where Blossom was eventually chosen.

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