Ranchers rally together to herd 500 stranded cows down highway

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Hundreds of cows stranded because of heavy rain after Hurricane Irma were rounded up and herded down a Florida highway Friday morning."People don't do that every day," the cattle's owner describes in the video above.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. —

Hundreds of cows stranded because of heavy rain after Hurricane Irma were rounded up and herded down a Florida highway Friday morning.

"People don't do that every day," the cattle's owner describes in the video above.

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