Woman says her arm was broken during attempt to corral runaway bull on her property
A woman with property near here claims the area has been regularly terrorized by marauding bulls and she is hoping OPP charges will finally stop escaped bulls from roaming.
The woman, who declined to identify herself on the advice of her lawyer, said on at least two occasions bulls have been loose on her property.
The woman said there was an incident in July when five bulls were loose, and again on Thanksgiving weekend when bulls came onto her property.
In one incident she attempted to corral one of the animals.
“The bull charged us and broke my arm,” she said.
In another incident, she said a bull was killed on the highway after being hit by a vehicle.
On Oct. 14, at approximately 3:16pm, Wellington County OPP received a call regarding a loose bull on Wellington Road 124 just north of the Fourth Line of Erin.
Police say further information indicated the bull had entered a farm property near that location and was no longer on the road.
Police attended the farm and spoke with the property owners, who advised they had seen the bull enter onto their property and lay down on the driveway.
When the owners attempted to corral the animal, it became somewhat aggressive and went off to one of the horse pastures, police said in a report.
Large animal control was contacted in an attempt to locate the bull owner, which was eventually found, and attended the farm.
Police say the bull was tranquilized, corralled and loaded into a trailer – and two other bulls were also located and removed from a nearby property. The OPP say the bulls escaped from a fenced enclosure on Oct. 13.
Francisco Vaz, 37, of Keppel Township, was charged under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act for his farm animals being at large.
