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Authorities in Florida called for help from an animal handler when deputies were unable to wrangle a loose bull that took an overnight tour of a city. The Broward County Sheriff's Office confirmed deputies responded Tuesday night to search for a bull seen running loose through the streets of Cooper City. The bull was caught on video by witnesses and doorbell cameras. A police helicopter and an animal handler were called in to assist with efforts to locate and capture the bovine. The bull was seen still wandering loose at 4 a.m. Wednesday, but reports indicated the animal was captured...

Doug Thompson, who many of us old-timers remember from the Clinton years, is in critical condition after hitting a cow while Doug was riding his motorcycle. Doug was a player in the anti-Clinton campaign with his website Capital Hill Blue. CHB was frequently cited on FreeRepublic during those years. He has since become a big broken-glass Democrat and retired to Floyd County to pursue photography.

Holy cow - giant Friesian may be tallest in UK By Richard Savill Last Updated: 2:08PM BST 12/05/2008   Weighing 1.25 tons, and towering 6ft 6in at the shoulder, Chilli, dwarfs most horses, is the same height as a small elephant, and could provide enough steaks to feed an army. BNPS The owners of Chilli, a black and white Friesian steer, believe he may be the tallest bovine in Britain. Naomi Clarke, care manager of the Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard, Somerset, who raised the bullock, said: “As he was growing up we began noticing that he was bigger...

  Did the earth mooove for you?  Blondie ... identity protected and, inset, Richard, who has herd it all now       By ROBIN PERRIEJuly 06, 2007       COPS rushed to a farm to put a kinky teenager udder arrest — after he was seen romping with a COW.  A shocked passer-by rang 999 after seeing the youth — wearing only black briefs — having sex with the steer at 4.30am.By the time officers arrived he had fled but night-time patrols are on the alert in case he strikes again.Farmer Richard Parish was stunned to hear what had...

You can accuse Wally the steer of a lot of things. His kisses are a little sloppy and his nudges might be a little too much. But these days Wally's crazy ways are going beyond the pasture because Wally is apparently a nuisance. Why? Because Wally, shockingly, is mooing and apparently he's mooing loudly. "I'm being charged with a criminal complaint," Wally's owner Karyl Hylle said. That's right the Washington County Sheriff's Department cited Hylle, who owns the 33 acre farm where Wally resides, with a misdemeanor. The ticket specifically cites her for ongoing nuisance cow mooing. "I honestly am...

HURST — Police at about 11:45 a.m. captured a black steer that had been on the loose for nearly two hours.Before being caught, the steer wandered onto roadways, was shot multiple times with tranquilizer darts and found its way through a McDonald’s drive-through lane.The steer got loose about 10 a.m. in North Richland Hills somewhere near the NRH20 water park and made its way across the Tarrant County College Northeast campus, according to police.Here’s a timeline of the steer’s romp through North Richland Hills and Hurst.10:06 a.m.— reported at Starnes Road and Davis Boulevard in North Richland Hills as a...

Chinese to steer Viking long ship By Christopher Hope, Industry Editor (Filed: 16/08/2006) The world-famous Rover name has been sold to the Chinese, 18 months after the Longbridge plant stopped making Rover and MG cars in the west Midlands. In March BMW chief executive Helmut Panke admitted the Rover name was up for grabs BMW, the German car maker which owns the historic brand, is understood to have agreed to sell the marque - which features the iconic Viking long ship - to Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation for more than £11m. The two companies are planning to announce the transaction...

LOGAN, Utah - A rancher who authorities allege habitually lets his cattle run loose was arrested for manslaughter after a woman was killed in an accident involving one of his steers, police said. An arrest warrant alleges that Darrell Kunzler, 69, has demonstrated a 30-year pattern of failing to properly contain his livestock, despite repeated requests by law enforcement. The warrant cites 31 police reports from the last four years regarding Kunzler's stray cattle, including five collisions involving cows that escaped from the field onto the highway. "It would have to be outrageous before we felt like it was appropriate...