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Runaway Queens Bull Dies Mysteriously

AP
February 21, 2017

A runaway New York City bull that captured the attention of social media on Tuesday has died, NBC New York reported.

The male cow escaped from a slaughterhouse and led the authorities on an hours-long chase around Jamaica and South Ozone Park in the New York borough of Queens. It was finally cornered and captured in a backyard, and a CNBC reporter tweeted that it would be allowed to live at a local animal sanctuary.

However, the bull, which was shot with several tranquilizer darts during its attempted escape, died shortly after.

The cause of death was not clear, and NBC reported city officials had no comment:

The animal's demise culminates a wild chase that featured daring efforts by police and passersby to bring the bull into custody. Live video from Chopper 4 showed the bull penned between two houses at one point Tuesday as authorities attempted to wrangle it. Chopper footage then captured the animal outmaneuvering law enforcement, dodging an officer who had jumped atop an emergency response vehicle, and ducking under yellow caution tape as it galloped down the middle of a street and onto a sidewalk.

Passersby appeared to give chase as police, on foot and in department-issued vehicles, pursued the animal. Several times it appeared officers had managed to corral the animal, but each time the bull shot through makeshift barriers and started running down the street again.

This is not the only high-profile animal tragedy to befall Bill de Blasio's city in recent months.

Published under: Bill de Blasio , New York