I wept tears of joy when I read that Molly, the cow who escaped from a slaughterhouse in Queens, will live out her days in a sanctuary with a special bovine buddy (“Moo-ving Day,” May 8).

Everyone loves touching stories, yet relatively few people will acknowledge that they’re to blame for the animal’s panic and distress in the first place.

If you eat meat, please look in the mirror. Molly was running from you.

Why not extend your compassion to animals just like her by going vegetarian?

Elaine Sloan, Manhattan