Lani Moo, who symbolizes the state's largest dairy, was taken from an employee's vehicle at the Meadow Gold plant on Cedar Street at about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The costume was in a black-and-blue Samsonite bag that was taken by the cow-stealing bandits along with other personal items. The company hopes the burglars unwittingly took Lani Moo and will discard her after opening the suitcase.
Meadow Gold is warning the public not to approach Lani Moo if she is not at an official Meadow Gold event. The company is worried the culprits who stole the costume will use it to commit a crime.
"Who knows what they might do in the costume," said Meadow Gold spokeswoman Mia Inoshita. "Our concern is she might be misrepresented."
The head of Lani Moo will be returned to Meadow Gold Dairies today.
But the 32-year-old Ala Moana man who discovered part of the costume for the milk company's bovine mascot Wednesday night in a parking lot on Atkinson Drive didn't recognize it.
"I collect weird things ... kind of kitschy," said Marc Cooper, who thought it was quite a find. "I like to keep my eye out for stuff like that. My friends came by, and it was just sitting on the counter. They said, 'Where'd you get this? It's like perfect for you.'"
Cooper said he and his friends posed for photos wearing Lani's head.
It was not until yesterday morning -- when his friend's roommate read the Star-Bulletin article and called to say it was in the paper -- that he realized he had the head of Lani Moo sitting on his kitchen counter.
Meadow Gold spokeswoman Mia Inoshita said, "We're extremely happy somebody found her and called us and let us know. She is our ambassador and the face of Meadow Gold. Without her, we feel lost."
She noted, however, that "he only found her head, so we're still on the lookout for the rest of her."
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