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Un-bull-ievable! Calf Saved From The Farmer's Shotgun / Towering 6ft 5in, One-Tonne Beast
Daily Mail UK ^ | 08/27/10 | Staff

Posted on 08/27/2010 11:57:24 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

Amazingly, the seven-year-old bullock is still growing meaning he could smash through the current British record in a matter of months.

When Shaun, a carpet fitter, saved Trigger he had no idea his new black and white friend would grow up to his magnificent size.

Trigger's enormous weight means he could potentially make 7,665 Big Macs or even 6,137 Burger King Whoppers.

But family pet Trigger lives a life far removed from that of your average livestock.

Instead he enjoys a relaxed lifestyle in a field at Kingswood, Herefordshire, where he eats a daily diet of grass, cattle cake, mineral lick and a packet of apples every week.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bovines; cattle
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To: BunnySlippers

There won’t be a son of Trigger. They nipped him in the bollocks.


21 posted on 08/28/2010 1:12:26 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: windcliff; stylecouncilor

Big bull ping.


22 posted on 08/28/2010 1:30:07 AM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Slyfox
'He is very good natured, a big softie really. But we have had him castrated and de-horned or he could easily kill someone.

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23 posted on 08/28/2010 1:44:00 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

MMMMM RIBS AND TRI TIP AND FILET Mignon.MMMM


24 posted on 08/28/2010 1:51:27 AM PDT by crazydad
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To: BunnySlippers

Holstein make for sorry beef for some reason the meat will not marble well. Would do alright for hamburger if you have enough fat to blend in. Just a day or so ago some holstein calves sold on the RFDTV network for $54.00 a hundred weight and they weighed 450#, the same weight of Angus calves brought $154.00 per hundred weight.


25 posted on 08/28/2010 2:06:10 AM PDT by anchorclankor (From the main part of Missouri)
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To: struwwelpeter; DelaWhere; betsyross60; CottonBall; DAVEY CROCKETT; Rushmore Rocks

Look at the photos.....


26 posted on 08/28/2010 3:55:02 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: BunnySlippers

Pretty stupid if you ask me.

They could have made millions in stud fees from that monster.


27 posted on 08/28/2010 6:47:36 AM PDT by Ronin (If it werenÂ’t so gruesomely malevolent, Islam would just be silly.)
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To: Ronin
They could have made millions in stud fees from that monster.

Castration actually makes the large bones grow longer so he probably would not have grown so large if he hadn't been cut.

28 posted on 08/28/2010 7:21:08 AM PDT by Timocrat
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To: Timocrat

I was thinking he must have been castrated at a very early age and maybe bottle fed,a Holstein bull is a dangerous animal.

Thinking he is quite a bit more than 2000 lbs

I`ve got a 2200 lb Angus bull that was sick when he was young...a neighbors dog mauled him severly,chewing off his ears among other wounds.I fed him for 3 months before he stood up...he like having his neck rubbed


29 posted on 08/28/2010 8:19:31 AM PDT by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: Harold Shea
,a Holstein bull is a dangerous animal.

Yes, those dairy breeds have dangerous bulls that's why a lot of AI is used for breeding. I had a longhorn bull who weighed in around 1850 and was as tame as a dog around humans, kids could climb all over him and he didn't bat an eye, however around other bulls he was all snorting, pawing the ground and charging fences.

30 posted on 08/28/2010 9:02:00 AM PDT by Timocrat
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
I see cattle on the range here that are well over 1700 pounds and they are working for a living. I used to raise Herefords and they are not a large breed. Routinely got steers over 1500 pounds.
31 posted on 08/28/2010 9:06:46 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
I see cattle on the range here that are well over 1700 pounds and they are working for a living. I used to raise Herefords and they are not a large breed. Routinely got steers over 1500 pounds.
32 posted on 08/28/2010 9:26:04 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

They really are that big. The reason we hardly see them is because these males are usually made into veal at a young age. The females are kept for milking.


33 posted on 08/28/2010 12:09:18 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Ronin

From the story, it appears that he was slated to be killed as a calf.


34 posted on 08/28/2010 1:26:22 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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