Raging bull shot on rampage through Manitoba city
Last Updated Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:30:17 EDT
CBC News
The city of Steinbach, Man., became the stomping ground for a raging bull Wednesday afternoon.
A bull escaped into the city, 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, as it was being unloaded from a farm truck into a holding pen for a vet appointment.
The animal ran wild through the community, charging a police car and several people. No attempts to subdue or tranquilize the bull were successful.
In the end, RCMP Cpl. Bill Richards decided to kill the animal.
"I was getting a little frightened at the end … I was concerned for the public, big time," Richards told CBC News.
"You have 2,000 pounds of irritated bull running at a community, and it was getting closer to the hospital, and with children coming out of school, I was getting very anxious and concerned."
Richards said it took at least three blasts from his shotgun to kill the bull.
No one was hurt, although the bull caused some minor property damage breaking down fences and trampling gardens.
The bull's owner was supportive of the RCMP and understood the decision police had to make, he said.
Last Updated Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:30:17 EDT
CBC News
The city of Steinbach, Man., became the stomping ground for a raging bull Wednesday afternoon.
A bull escaped into the city, 50 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, as it was being unloaded from a farm truck into a holding pen for a vet appointment.
The animal ran wild through the community, charging a police car and several people. No attempts to subdue or tranquilize the bull were successful.
In the end, RCMP Cpl. Bill Richards decided to kill the animal.
"I was getting a little frightened at the end … I was concerned for the public, big time," Richards told CBC News.
"You have 2,000 pounds of irritated bull running at a community, and it was getting closer to the hospital, and with children coming out of school, I was getting very anxious and concerned."
Richards said it took at least three blasts from his shotgun to kill the bull.
No one was hurt, although the bull caused some minor property damage breaking down fences and trampling gardens.
The bull's owner was supportive of the RCMP and understood the decision police had to make, he said.