Bull that led police chase after slaughterhouse escape dies
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February 22, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — A plucky bull escaped from a slaughterhouse and led police on a wild chase through the streets on Tuesday only to die on its way to a shelter.
Police corralled the bull in a backyard in Queens after a two-hour chase that continued even after the bull's hide was studded with tranquilizer darts.
A spokeswoman for Animal Care Centers of New York City said the bull died en route to one of the agency's care centers.
Police said the bull had escaped from the Aziz halal slaughterhouse. No one answered a phone number listed there.
The bull would have been spared the butcher's knife if...
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