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From: "cohensmilk1" <cohensmilk1@...>
Subject: Imagine What They Were Thinking
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What went through the driver's mind?
What went through his passenger's mind?
What went through the cop's mind?
What went through the judge's mind?
What went through the bull's mind?
This story was published in Tacoma, Washington's
News Tribune on 07/07/09 by Stacey Mulick
=20 stacey.mulick@...=20=20=20=20
253-597-8268
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The bull didn't want to move to another pasture.=20
The two men wanted it to.
Now, the men, ages 57 and 75, face first-degree=20
animal cruelty charges after being arrested Sunday=20
for allegedly dragging the bull about a half-mile=20
down a road near Auburn.
The bull suffered hoof and leg injuries and received=20
medicine to relieve its pain from the Washington State=20
Animal Response Team. The team took the animal for=20
safekeeping, the King County Sheriff's Office reported=20
Monday.
Witnesses called 911 about 4:30 p.m. to report that a=20
1989 Buick Century was "dragging a cow with a rope"=20
in the 4200 block of South Star Lake Road, the Sheriff's=20
Office reported.
When deputies arrived, they found the bull lying on his=20
stomach in the roadway. All four legs were splayed=20
outward and the animal had bleeding wounds around=20
his hooves and legs. A rope around the animal's neck=20
was tied to the car.
A witness who saw the bull being dragged told deputies=20
it was obviously in distress. It strongly resisted being=20
pulled and collapsed where deputies found him, the=20
Sheriff's Office reported.
Deputies contacted the two men, who said they were=20
trying to move the bull to a nearby pasture.
"(They) said this is how they always move this cow=20
because 'he is stubborn,'" the Sheriff's Office reported.=20
"The passenger went on to say the cow wasn't hurt=20
and 'You have to be like that with cows.'"
After a while, the bull stood and was moved to the=20
grassy area on the shoulder.
The men were arrested and booked into the King=20
County Jail.
What went through the driver's mind? What went through his passenger's mind? What went through the cop's mind? What went through the judge's mind? What went...