TUSSLE WITH BULL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4533, 20 November 1930, Page 2

TUSSLE WITH BULL.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT

NAPIER

'The Napier “Telegraph” reports a remarkable occurrence at Port Ahuriri, when two valuable Polled Angus bulls, the property of Mr. A. Syiues, of Hastings, were being transferred from one truck to another, to complete their journey lo their destination. The two animals were got out of the trucks in which they had reached the Port Ahuriri railway station and into a yard, and were apparently being urged into the other truck iprovided for -them, when one of them became restive and turned on the crowd Unit had gathered to witness the operations. The spectators scaled llie fence in record time, and the hulls soon had full possession of the yard. Then, says Ihe “Telegraph’s” reporter, a rope was produced and also a lorry, upon which it was attempted to secure the bulls. One of the bulls was ill last lassoed, and tied to the truck, whilst the. animal “swung about, like a. top.” Another rope was got on. to him, hut. he still “tore at the lorry, which was badly dented by the onslaught.” This bull was apparently becoming exhausted, and more ropes were attaclied to him, and he was dragged into the truck awaiting him, and where lie almost immediately dropped dead.

While this was going on, the other bull got away, and got, into a garden, where be ruined the liower beds. In bis career be knocked down a lady, who was fortunately not seriously injured, lie was “pursued by lorries, motor cars and pedestrians,” and broke through a fence out of the lirsf garden in which he took refuge, and entered another, where lie also did considerable damage. II was about half-past, three when the trouble lirsl began, and at nine o’clock tin.* second bull was still in a garden. Finally, at about, half,past- nine,‘ some cows were brought up and Hired into the garden, “where the bull, stood quietly - under some trees,” and the bull and the cows were easily driven to the Port. “Lorries wore tearing round all over the hill blocking possible mil ranees which the animals might lake, mill all persons on the road were warned of the danger of remaining out. of cover.”

The whole affair was most extraordinary, and a writer in the correspondence columns of the “Telegraph,’’ over the signature of “Lover of Dumb Animals,” made the following severe comments: — Sir, —1 was Hie unfortunate witness to-day at Fort Ahuriri of what t consider to be the murder of a dumb animal, namely a P.A. bull, which, having escaped from I In* loading yards at the station, was bailed up in. Messrs Robjohn Hind ma rsh’s yard. Here all manner of means were tried in an atIcmpl lo capture the animal. Ropes ’h ere fetched and a lorry,, on which a man stood,, until (finally Hie unfortunate. beasl was lashed with ropes on the ground. A cattle box was (lien procured, and placed alongside the bull, which was then hauled, man-power, into the crate. A. suggestion made to loosen the rope around the neck', of the, bull was not acted upon, with the result that the bull after a few last plunges and strenuous efforts to tree itself of bondage, collapsed and died —murdered. With a glance at the poor brute’s gory head i took my leave from the scene of Hit* one-sided battle. Hoping (lmt a more able pen than mine will lake this matter up.