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Watch as 8 bulls escape from pen at Massachusetts rodeo event; 1 bull still loose
View Date:2024-12-23 12:45:30
Eight bulls escaped from a rodeo event at a mall in Massachusetts and were on the loose until most of them were caught almost four hours later.
While seven of the eight escaped animals have been recaptured, one remains on the loose.
The bulls escaped from their pen around 12:30 p.m. Sunday during a rodeo event at the Emerald Square Mall in Attleboro, about 40 miles south of Boston, close to the Rhode Island border, the North Attleboro Fire Department said in a news release Sunday.
"The eight bulls managed to escape their pens, run through the parking lot and jump over a fence surrounding the event’s perimeter," the news release said. "The bulls then fled south from the parking lot towards the woods behind BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse."
Watch: Video shows bulls charge through parking lot in Attleboro, Massachusetts
Video footage of the incident shows the bulls charging through a parking lot and jumping over fence before making their way towards a busy road. People can be seen scrambling for safety as the bulls' storm through the parking lot and knock down the fence.
Public advised to 'exercise extreme caution'
No injuries were reported and the rodeo, a one-day event at the mall, is under investigation, authorities said.
The eighth bull has not been located as of Monday morning and a search for it is underway. The North Attleboro Fire Department, in an email to USA TODAY Monday said it had no additional information to offer.
Authorities have advised community members to "exercise extreme caution and not approach the bull if found" and immediately contact 911 if they sight it.
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Bulls found 'stuck' about 6 miles from mall
One of the bulls was caught shortly after escaping, while six other bulls were "found stuck behind a fence at a home" around 4:30 p.m. about 6 miles from the mall, the fire department said.
"North Attleboro Fire, North Attleboro Police, Attleboro Police and members from the rodeo at the mall and New England Rodeo were able to safely corral the six bulls into a trailer without further incident," the news release said.
Attleboro resident Chris Mooney, who saw the bulls walk down his street and through his yard, told NBC Boston he was shocked when he saw the animals in his yard.
“As soon as I stepped out and I looked out there I said those aren’t horses, those are literally bulls and oh my god,” Mooney told the local media outlet. “Two of them were laying down and another was budging the fence trying to get out, and the other ones were just sitting there.”
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
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