Don't look for this beef in your grocer's freezer.

        Friday morning, Cincinnati police — with an assist from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office helicopter — combed Camp Washington and Clifton for a beige cowthat had apparently escaped from a Camp Washington meat packing plant and was wandering north to freedom.

        As of Friday night, the cow was still hoofing it.

        Police believe the cow got away from the Ken Meyer Meat Co. pens on Sidney Avenue in Camp Washington sometime early Friday morning.

        About 9 a.m., a woman on Central Parkway called police on her cell phone and said she had seen the cow — which was bleeding from the mouth — on Hopple Street near Central Parkway.

        For the next several hours, police searched for the cow as they fielded more cell phone calls from other passersby — on Central Parkway, Clifton Hills Drive, Ludlow Avenue and, finally, on Rue de la Paix in Clifton.

        The sheriff department's helicopter was in the air for about an hour searching in vain for the cow.

        Cincinnati Police Lt. Kurt Byrd was in the copter, operating the sheriff's thermal imaging equipment, hoping it would pinpoint the cow by picking up her body heat.

        “It was difficult on a sunny day, with a lot of objects on the ground,” Lt. Byrd said. “We couldn't pick up much.”

        By Friday night, the trail had gone cold.

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