Waikato cows try grass of a different kind

23/2/2017

It's not often the police invite the public to partake in a little fun with cannabis.

But that's exactly what happened at the weekend, when the Waikato District Police posted a photo of a couple of cows getting stuck in to some 'grass'.

"While many of you think it's god's greatest gift to us, it is still illegal which means we still police it," the cops wrote.

"Rather than hitting you with stats and 'don't do drugs' comments, we thought we'd take a lighter approach and run a competition. Caption the photo below."

Suggestions included:

Blazing not grazing
Pot roast tonight
Hi time they were milked
So this is why there's a green top milk
No wonder the cow jumped over the moon
Fonterra payout reaches an all time high
Milking just hit a new high
I only bought a kilo but I gained a stone
Farmer finds way to increase livestock appetite
Green top milk has never tasted better

"They were willing to risk it, but the steaks were high." David Ireland's caption on a photograph of two cows about to chow down on a unique type of grass earned almost 100 likes.

It also earned him the top spot in the tongue-and-cheek 'caption that' competition run by Waikato police last week.

A prize was yet to be decided.

- newshub/stuff.co.nz