Video shows Alabama deputies wrangling a 1,500-pound runaway bull: "Oversized escape artist"
Sheriff's deputies in Pickens County, Alabama, successfully captured a 1,500-pound runaway bull using horses and lassos. The animal was returned to custody without injury after a brief pursuit through a suburban neighborhood.
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Alabama sheriff's deputies and police wrangled a 1,500-pound runaway bull Friday in a foot pursuit across the highway in Pickens County. Video shows the bull calmly walking in a suburban neighborhood, while additional footage shows three authorities mounted on horses swinging lassos above their heads trying to rein in the animal.The bull ran away as the ropes got closer.
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