PHOTOS: Wild cows returned home after hurricane

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CAPE LOOKOUT, NC (AP) — A trio of castaway wild cows have returned home after being found on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after swimming for miles to escape Hurricane Dorian‘s storm surge.

The Raleigh News & Observer reports that the cows were returned to their native stomping grounds on Friday after a two-day operation.

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Wranglers capture one of the three wild cows on North Core Banks prior to its removal back to the mainland. (Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore)

Getting ready to load the trailer with the cattle back onto the ferry. (Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore)

The Donza Lee ferry heads away from the dock on North Core Banks taking the recovered cattle and the wranglers back to Morris Marina at Atlantic, NC. (Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore)

Two of the cattle can be seen standing in the stock trailer while 2 of the wranglers and their horses are outside feeding on hay. (Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore)

The wranglers who recovered the wild cattle on North Core Banks. (Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore)

Officials think the stranded cows swam up to 5 miles during the September storm before being found near Cape Lookout this month. The cows belong to a herd that roams freely on Cedar Island, across the sound.

When Dorian generated an 8-foot “mini tsunami,” it washed them and dozens of other animals away, including 28 wild horses that died.