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What went through the bull's mind?

This story was published in Tacoma, Washington's
News Tribune on 07/07/09 by Stacey Mulick

stacey.mulick@...
253-597-8268

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The bull didn't want to move to another pasture.

The two men wanted it to.

Now, the men, ages 57 and 75, face first-degree
animal cruelty charges after being arrested Sunday
for allegedly dragging the bull about a half-mile
down a road near Auburn.

The bull suffered hoof and leg injuries and received
medicine to relieve its pain from the Washington State
Animal Response Team. The team took the animal for
safekeeping, the King County Sheriff's Office reported
Monday.

Witnesses called 911 about 4:30 p.m. to report that a
1989 Buick Century was "dragging a cow with a rope"
in the 4200 block of South Star Lake Road, the Sheriff's
Office reported.

When deputies arrived, they found the bull lying on his
stomach in the roadway. All four legs were splayed
outward and the animal had bleeding wounds around
his hooves and legs. A rope around the animal's neck
was tied to the car.

A witness who saw the bull being dragged told deputies
it was obviously in distress. It strongly resisted being
pulled and collapsed where deputies found him, the
Sheriff's Office reported.

Deputies contacted the two men, who said they were
trying to move the bull to a nearby pasture.

"(They) said this is how they always move this cow
because 'he is stubborn,'" the Sheriff's Office reported.
"The passenger went on to say the cow wasn't hurt
and 'You have to be like that with cows.'"

After a while, the bull stood and was moved to the
grassy area on the shoulder.

The men were arrested and booked into the King
County Jail.

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Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com