kerbie18 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Most of you should know by now what I do for a living. Last Friday, at work, 11 to 12 bulls escaped from a large cattle carrier semi-truck. We managed to round up and capture 7 of them within about three hours. These were youngish bulls, maybe in the 500 pound range, and not particularly aggressive. The remaining 4 to 5 bulls turned into a multi day adventure in a VERY urban and busy area. At one point we got a call from a friggin' Taco Bell manager that there were 3 bulls hanging out in their parking lot. https://www.wave3.com/video/2022/10/21/cows-loose-cherokee-park-escaped-cattle-trailer/ https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/cherokee-park-golf-course-cows-run-wild/417-e2161b15-2066-4949-92ec-f4f2bbbb09b2 If the links don't work, just google it. It's everywhere. We called a cattle rancher guy to help us out. He would lasso the bulls, and then it was my job to jump on the bull and hold it down while the cowboy (rancher) tied it up. I literally wrestled three bulls at work. I know some of you country boys are going to make fun of me for being a city slicker, but that is an accomplishment for me. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbie18 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 I have to reply to my own thread in order to add pictures from a separate device. You can see the pictures of the semi-truck that got torn open in the wreck. You can see that some of the cows were on an urban golf course. You can see that some of them did not go peacefully, but most of them did. The picture of them grazing peacefully is an URBAN park famous for letting pet dogs run free off the leash. It's literally called "dog hill". You can see the issues there with loose bulls versus little loose dogs. Also, the picture of the horse is the cattle rancher's horse. He used a very well trained horse to overpower the bulls. Gotta love a good horse. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I'm still trying to figure out how the UPS truck ripped open the trailer like that... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 14 hours ago, kerbie18 said: Most of you should know by now what I do for a living. Last Friday, at work, 11 to 12 bulls escaped from a large cattle carrier semi-truck. We managed to round up and capture 7 of them within about three hours. These were youngish bulls, maybe in the 500 pound range, and not particularly aggressive. The remaining 4 to 5 bulls turned into a multi day adventure in a VERY urban and busy area. At one point we got a call from a friggin' Taco Bell manager that there were 3 bulls hanging out in their parking lot. https://www.wave3.com/video/2022/10/21/cows-loose-cherokee-park-escaped-cattle-trailer/ https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/cherokee-park-golf-course-cows-run-wild/417-e2161b15-2066-4949-92ec-f4f2bbbb09b2 If the links don't work, just google it. It's everywhere. We called a cattle rancher guy to help us out. He would lasso the bulls, and then it was my job to jump on the bull and hold it down while the cowboy (rancher) tied it up. I literally wrestled three bulls at work. I know some of you country boys are going to make fun of me for being a city slicker, but that is an accomplishment for me. FORE >>> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 20 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: I'm still trying to figure out how the UPS truck ripped open the trailer like that... The UPS truck was a semi-truck too. The UPS truck wasn't one of those smaller brown box trucks. It was a glancing blow. One corner of the UPS truck just barely caught the corner of the cattle truck. The cattle truck got pealed open like a tin can. It gets so much better than that. You won't find this in the news. Not a single bull escaped from the accident itself. The escape happened when they attempted to transfer the cattle to an undamaged truck. The two truck drivers were blatantly retarded at their jobs, and english was definitely their second language. I was there when the bulls first escaped. The two truck drivers left a side door open on one truck. I had just enough time to think to myself:"wait, that doesn't seem smart", before a bunch of bulls came pouring out of the open door. My first instinct was to stay the hell inside of my car until I had an idea of their aggression level, which turned out to be not that bad. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, kerbie18 said: The UPS truck was a semi-truck too. The UPS truck wasn't one of those smaller brown box trucks. It was a glancing blow. One corner of the UPS truck just barely caught the corner of the cattle truck. The cattle truck got pealed open like a tin can. It gets so much better than that. You won't find this in the news. Not a single bull escaped from the accident itself. The escape happened when they attempted to transfer the cattle to an undamaged truck. The two truck drivers were blatantly retarded at their jobs, and english was definitely their second language. I was there when the bulls first escaped. The two truck drivers left a side door open on one truck. I had just enough time to think to myself:"wait, that doesn't seem smart", before a bunch of bulls came pouring out of the open door.****** My first instinct was to stay the hell inside of my car until I had an idea of their aggression level, which turned out to be not that bad. *****ummm Good thinking, Kerbie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 6 hours ago, kerbie18 said: The UPS truck was a semi-truck too. The UPS truck wasn't one of those smaller brown box trucks. It was a glancing blow. One corner of the UPS truck just barely caught the corner of the cattle truck. The cattle truck got pealed open like a tin can. It gets so much better than that. You won't find this in the news. Not a single bull escaped from the accident itself. The escape happened when they attempted to transfer the cattle to an undamaged truck. The two truck drivers were blatantly retarded at their jobs, and english was definitely their second language. I was there when the bulls first escaped. The two truck drivers left a side door open on one truck. I had just enough time to think to myself:"wait, that doesn't seem smart", before a bunch of bulls came pouring out of the open door. My first instinct was to stay the hell inside of my car until I had an idea of their aggression level, which turned out to be not that bad. I've never had cattle but even I wouldn't leave a door or a gate open for them . (Maybe I've chased too many other escapee farm animals around - goats, chickens, rabbits - to want to deal with any more). All I can think of is that each one thought the other had closed the door? Or they were really stupid. I'm glad nobody got hurt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Planning a trip to Pamplona in the near future? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 I just received this in my work email. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I worked in a crematorium this week. I saw the whole process. I got very dusty. It was very sobering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 "Plan B" was to simply kill them all. I am thankful we didn't go with plan B. I generally prefer a more peaceful solution 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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