"With a feeding point inside the enclosure, the goal was to attract the animals to the inside of the enclosure and that they adopt different eating routines," said Dubé, adding that the weather was on their side, with the winter bringing in cold temperatures and snow that covered up other possible food sources.Just in case: enclosures up until WednesdayJean-Yves St-Arnaud, the mayor of Saint-Sévère, says he was happy to hear that the UPA Mauricie effort, along with the help of Quebec's Agriculture Ministry, was a success."We asked [them] to leave the enclosures up until Wednesday thinking there could be two to three more cows, in the case of an error in our calculations.Although the next step was to contact governmental organizations such as Quebec's Agriculture Ministry and the Ministry of Forests, Fauna and Parks, St-Arnaud said the city received conflicting replies — about whose jurisdiction covered cows that have run wild."They lent us barriers which measure six feet, so that the cows don't jump over it, and eight cowboys and a drone operator."