HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — A herd of buffalo were on the loose on in Hot Springs.

According to THV11, dozens of animal control and law enforcement officers spent the afternoon Thursday trying to round up the massive animals.

They soon learned that was easier said than done.

The six buffalo spent the day grazing in the woods and taking occasional runs through peoples’ back yards.

By Thursday evening, however, one buffalo was captured, three were tranquilized and contained to a field, and two were still on the loose.

Those two would be captured the very next day.

“We have had an occasional cow escape within the city limits, but this is my first experience with a buffalo issue,” said Corporal Sonia Luzader with the Hot Springs Police Department told THV reporters.

Arkansas police said the animals may have been let out of their pen overnight.

Neighbors, however, said they didn’t mind the animals too much.

“It’s not every day in central Arkansas you see buffalo, let alone roaming your own street up here. It’s just kind of odd,” said one neighbor.

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