The utopia of Los Angeles has one more thing to add to its growing list of crime, drug use, homeless encampments, and insane cost of living: cows running wild through the streets!

40 cows escaped a slaughterhouse in the suburb of Pico Rivera on Tuesday evening, running free for several hours. At least four people were injured by the stampede and one of the bovine escapees was shot dead by a deputy when it charged a family.

On Thursday, police tracked down the last of the bunch, leading to a "standoff" before the cow was finally detained.

Every animated movie I've ever watched (Finding Nemo, Chicken Run, etc.) tells me that this was an unprecedented tragedy, and I would be seriously upset... you know, if steak didn't taste so dang good.

That didn't stop the California people from begging for the cows' lives.

I mean, would it even be SoCal if there weren't a bunch of peeps holding a vigil for the sake of some cows???