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A large 1,300-pound bull escaped from a Massachusetts farm Monday morning, inflicting a freeway crash earlier than charging at officers, police stated.
Staff at Mathieu Farms in Raynham, Massachusetts, have been within the strategy of loading the bull onto a truck for the slaughterhouse round 9 a.m. when the animal grew to become enraged and escaped.
Raynham police obtained calls that a big “extremely aggressive” black bull was working down Jennings Drive close to Elm Avenue East. The bull ran by way of fences, together with electrical fences, and jumped over a six-foot-tall berm to flee.
The bull escaped whereas it was being loaded onto a truck sure for the slaughterhouse, police stated. (Raynham Police Division)
Earlier than officers arrived, the bull had run onto I-495, inflicting at the least three automobiles to crash. One driver was transported to an area hospital with accidents, police stated.
The bull fled into the woods off Elm Avenue East after which into Lake Nippenicket close to a Raynham Water District constructing.
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Officers and farm workers positioned the bull swimming within the lake. Upon seeing the officers, the bull “rapidly and aggressively swam towards” them, police stated.
An officer fired photographs from a rifle, however they have been ineffective, and the bull continued swimming towards the shore, police stated. The officer fired a number of extra photographs, placing the bull within the leg, disabling it.
The proprietor of Mathieu Farms retrieved his looking rifle and euthanized the bull, Raynham police stated.
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“I wish to commend our courageous officers who put themselves in hurt’s approach to guarantee that a nasty scenario didn’t worsen,” Chief LaPlante stated in a press release. “Dealing with a charging 1,300-pound bull isn’t one thing you go into your shift pondering goes to occur, however our officers have been capable of reply and successfully deal with the scenario and stop additional damage and destruction.”
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