article_snippet.sent: The chase, which took farmers and police officers from five jurisdictions through forests and over the Hudson River, ended with "snipers" from the animals' farm gunning down 15 buffalo from the side of the road, according to Lt.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas Heffernan of the Bethlehem Police Department.
article_snippet.sent: Thomas Heffernan of the Bethlehem Police Department described the hectic last moments of the chase: .
article_snippet.sent: They were setting up a perimeter around the animals in the secluded area, They got spooked and They charged through our guys," Thomas Heffernan of the Bethlehem Police Department said.
article_snippet.sent: New York State Police helicopters were called in and nearby school districts were alerted to keep all students inside, Thomas Heffernan of the Bethlehem Police Department said.
article_snippet.sent: Four men from GEM Farms in Schodack, New York, from where the buffalo escaped, were on the scene by a ravine in Coeymans, New York, to kill the animals in the secluded area, a decision Thomas Heffernan of the Bethlehem Police Department said wasn't made lightly, but that was necessary.
highlights_snippet.sent: Police helicopters fly overhead and nearby schools put on alert in the final moments of the chase .
  