MOS-COW

American Woman Busted Walking Calf in Russia’s Red Square

Alicia Day said she just “wanted to show him the capital,” according to state media.

An American woman was arrested in Moscow on Tuesday as she was walking a cow in the city’s Red Square, according to local authorities. “According to the detainee, she bought the animal on Avito [a Russian classified ads site] and took him for a walk,” a police spokesman told the Russian news agency TASS. The woman—named in reports as 34-year-old Alicia Day—is a New York-born vegan activist who has previously lived with a rescued pig in a London apartment, according to the U.S. Sun. TASS, which did not name Day but described the arrested person as a “34-year-old U.S. national,” said the woman had wanted to save the cow from slaughter. “I bought it so they wouldn’t eat it later,” the outlet quoted her as saying. “And I wanted to show him the capital, it’s very beautiful.” The police spokesperson said the woman could face a fine or an “administrative detention for up to 15 days or social work penalty.”