A cow destined for slaughter made a bid for freedom down a waterslide.

A cow

A cow

The animal escaped from a cattle ranch in Brazil and ventured to a nearby water park where it attempted to go down the slide before getting stuck towards the end.

Footage shows the cow travelling almost all the way down before it gets stuck towards the end of the slide. It was rescued by workers who tied it with a rope and pushed it into the pool before raising it above the surface.

The cow's owner Carlos Miguel Serante has revealed that he has now decided to keep the animal as a family pet.

He said: "Someone came to tell me he had climbed on top of the waterslide.

"I didn't believe it. We followed, took him away and showed me the video of him in the pool. I didn't think he would go up."

The cow has since been named Toboga, which means slide in Portuguese.