Runaway Steer Wreaks Havoc on AZ Interstate
- Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:13am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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YUMA, Ariz. (The Blaze/AP) — A runaway steer stopped traffic on a major highway, hurtled over a brick wall and damaged two police vehicles during a Tuesday morning chase that had four Arizona law enforcement agencies scrambling.
The male bovine escaped from a livestock trailer Tuesday morning on Interstate 8 just east of Yuma in southeastern Arizona, Yuma County sheriff’s Capt. Eben Bratcher told The Associated Press.
Craig Fry of the Yuma Sun snapped some photos of the bolting bovine:
Craig Fry/Yuma Sun
Craig Fry/Yuma Sun
The driver of the trailer, which had five other steer inside, was getting on the freeway when he noticed that a side door was ajar. He pulled over but one of his charges got away before he could shut the door.
“It was chaotic,” Bratcher said. “It was running around in traffic on the interstate, which is why law enforcement got involved as quickly as it did. There was a lot of us out there chasing this thing around.”
He said the steer bounded over one police car and later barreled over a brick wall, knocking some bricks down.
A sheriff’s deputy eventually was able to rope the steer from the bed of a pickup about a half-hour after the escape as another deputy drove alongside it.
“It kicked the crap out of the truck and dented it up,” Bratcher said.
Bratcher said the nimble steer was uninjured and was returned to its owner, a Yuma man who continued on his trip to take the steer to a feed lot.
Bratcher said the animal was a roping steer, the type often featured at rodeos. At first he thought it was a Texas longhorn.
“It’s ornery,” he said. “They’re not known for their docile nature.”
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Dug2Dark
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 3:42pmHOLY COW!!!!!!!!!
THis story has more bull than bho.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:56pmA bum steer!!
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:06pmRelated to the German Cow they couldn’t get the collar on? Where is the J. Wayne when you need a real Cowboy.
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 12:39pmHe thought he was going to the slaughter house and tried to escape!
Report Post »Indymaverick
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 12:17pmThe steer is just out lobbying for us to eat more chicken at Chik-fil-A
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:52amHook’em horns.
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 10:15amthere are two illegals in a cow suit…………..
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 10:26amIf the steer was illegal he would be given 40 acres of government pasture and a lifetime of free hoof cleanings.
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 2:24pmIs that a Mexican steer? He can get over that fence so easily.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 9:27amHe saw a picture of Elsa on a milk carton and was just out looking for his dream babe.
Report Post »christos
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 9:25am……Part of the Herd that broke away to go warn the others,the Cow was tired of all the Nudging and being put out to pasture by Agenda 21……all the rules and regulations he knew their was a better range to roam on prairie bound where Cows are free and the tax man is chased by bees…….
Report Post »christos
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 9:31amEdit : and the tax man is chased by the bees all day…….
Report Post »TwoLazy
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 8:48amStrange resemblance to Michael Moore, who by happenstance was also headed to the BBQ pit … don’t you think.
Naw, the cow is much more intelligent.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 9:27amUnlike Mr Moore, the steer is slimmer, tastier and more friendly (at the least you know it will try to kill you for wanting it as dinner), and can actually run very fast and long in duration. Maybe Mr Moore could give this steer lessons in proper ettiquete of screaming and gasping for air while running away from a 2-ton steer out for blood.
Report Post »SevereStarboardList
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:50pmBoth lack the main ingredients for “rocky mountain oysters” or “calf fries’ so there is some similarity.
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 8:46amTicket him for a Moo-ing violation.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 8:35am” Bratcher,” eerily mimics the name butcher, mysteriously tracking an inhabitant that’s been “ steered ” wrong.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 8:31amAZ law is an open range state and the cow has the right-of-way. Police out there harassing the poor thing when all it wanted was rthe greener gras on the other side of the road.
In AZ if you hit the cow you bought it – Used to wonder if some of the ranchers didn’t drive their herd out on the road so they could collect from the insurance.
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:57am.
Report Post »Should have done that Pit Manuver, and had a BBQ…………..
johnnycatt
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:56amthis animals is dangerous and could have hurt someone or worse!!! It should be slaughtered and butchered and put on my grill as soon as possible!
Report Post »DisgustedWithSociety
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 9:09amJohnnyCatt you are ignorant!! The meere thought that this cow initially escaped makes it smarter than you! Torturing animals is a crime. Keep eating your Glued Meat– claims show meat glue presented a health risk to consumers, saying that the number of bacteria on a steak that had been glued together with meat glue could be hundreds of times higher than on ordinary meat. .. it is believed butchers are gluing scraps of meat together and selling them as prime cuts of meat.
Aug 11.. USDA recalled Ground Beef Products studies show it contained (E. coli)
Aug 5.. H-E-B Fully Coooked Lean Burgers recalled due to unknown allergens
July 27.. Beef Products (Animal Drug Contaminant)
Try looking up the recalls on Chicken as well .. The more Genetic modifications occur – the worse the quality of our food will be and sicker our parents and children will be.
Report Post »wes91752
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 8:40pmWTF are you rambling about?
Report Post »SevereStarboardList
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:54pmDisgustedWithSociety= Mad cow disease?
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:39amMoo even.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:26amWait a minute! “Male Bovine?”
Has the Blaze suddenly gone politically correct to avoid the risk of offending a herbivore?
Report Post »LimaBean
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 4:55pmlol. no PC allowed! I think they called it “male bovine” because the article said it’s a steer. Calling it a bull would, technically, be incorrect. So….just call it a steer. Male bovine? No. I don’t like it either. Steer. Just steer.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:22amGuess this bugger must have heard about the cow in Germany who escaped for so many weeks and became a hero to the people.
Report Post »http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk art)
AJAYW
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:18amWhat a story he will have to tell the others in the feed lot ………… :-)
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:15amSlow news day Blaze…….Mooove on to important issues please.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:22amWhat? No Chicken stories yet? What’s up? The Farmer in the Blaze on Break?
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