Bull that escaped from Illinois farm lassoed after hours on the run

Associated Press

MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois workplace spent hours connected nan tally earlier men connected horseback yet lassoed nan animal successful a segment consecutive retired of nan Old West.

The bull was captured Thursday evening aft nan McHenry County Sheriff’s Office warned successful a Facebook station astir 4:30 p.m. that “there is simply a loose bull successful nan vegetation” successful Marengo, astir 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.

That station prompted 1 personification to jokingly comment, “And a statement for each you metropolis folks, do NOT effort to beverage nan cow.”

Video from WLS-TV shows six men connected horseback chasing nan 1,200-pound (544-kilogram) achromatic angus crossbreed done a pasture aft it had surgery free from 1 lasso astir its neck. Three of nan men connected horseback past successfully lassoed nan bull connected nan separator of a cornfield conscionable extracurricular nan municipality of Union.

The bull struggled pinch those lassoes earlier nan men calmed him down and led him backmost to nan workplace he’d escaped from hours before. WGN-TV reported that nan bull was captured astir 6:45 p.m. Thursday.

“Oh yea he had a temper connected him, but erstwhile you’re loose and moving chaotic for illustration that, he’s frightened too, conscionable for illustration arsenic overmuch arsenic we were,” said husbandman Ken Bauman, who feared nan bull mightiness tally onto a roadway into a vehicle’s path.

Ken and Beth Bauman were among neighboring farmers who spent overmuch of Thursday day keeping an oculus connected nan bull. The Baumans said nan bull’s proprietor told them nan animal arrived astatine nan workplace conscionable this week and that whitethorn person been why he escaped.

Authorities said nan bull was doing good aft he was returned home.

This image made from video provided by ABC 7 Chicago shows a bull that was yet lassoed aft it escaped from a workplace successful McHenry County, Ill., connected Sept. 5, 2024. | WLS-TV/ABC 7 Chicago via AP