Two cows, Maggie and Darla, escaped from Little Rascals Farm in Egg Harbor Township and were on the run for three days before being safely recovered thanks to community effort and a drone.
Published: Nov. 28, 2025, 6:40 p.m.Courtesy of Little Rascals Farm Two runaway cows are back home at an Atlantic County Farm after spending three days on the run before being captured Friday. “Both girls are home safe and sound,” said Mandi Craig, who owns Little Rascals Farm in Egg Harbor Township with her husband, Ian.
The couple recently bought 3-year-old Maggie, a cream-colored cow with horns, and 9-month-old Darla, a small black cow, to add to their farm. However, the homecoming didn’t go exactly as planned. Darla and Maggie had just been delivered to their new home at Little Rascals Farm on Tuesday when they made their great escape, Craig wrote on a Facebook post. “The white cow went straight through the electric fence and the brown one followed,” Craig said, urging her friends and neighbors to keep an eye out. Over the next three days, Craig tracked the cows’ movements with the help of family, friends, and community members. The volunteer group even deployed a drone, which spotted two thermal images Thursday night in the woods near Ballamor Golf Club, a public course in Egg Harbor Township. The ordeal came to an end on Friday when Darla wandered back to the horse farm two doors down from Little Rascals Farm. Meanwhile, “Maggie had to be wrangled quite literally rodeo style and loaded on to a trailer from the golf course’s main driveway,” Craig said in an email Friday afternoon.Jackie Roman is a health care reporter for NJ.com and The Star-Ledger. In addition to covering breaking public health and drug industry news, she also writes feature stories and investigations. Prior to joining...
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