Have we ever seen another cow somewhere OFF the island?
I'm thinking about Kate's horse -- it was seen both off and on the island.
Now after Charlotte's episode, we have a polar bear on the island, and polar bear bones (wearing a Dharma collar) off the island.
In Ep. 4, we have Ben working in some sort of facility with a lot of dogs in it.
What's the deal with the animals? If there's some sort of "bend in the time-space continuum" like TPTB have said (in their "EW" interview), then are the animals travelling back and forth? Did Kate's horse end up on the highway right in front of the marshall's car and cause that accident because it was "drawn" to her for some reason as it was pulled off-course during some time-travel experiment they were doing on the island?
OK, this is really random and out-there, but I just made the animal connection while reading a past episode summary about the horse...