MU police shoot runaway steer on campus

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Campus police have shot and killed a runaway steer that fled a University of Missouri slaughterhouse and seriously injured a man during the pursuit.

The 1,300-pound Angus steer escaped from the university’s veterinary school just before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The animal led campus officers, an MU livestock handler and its owners on a 90-minute winding chase through the campus, across a busy Columbia street and into the nearby East Campus neighborhood.

A tranquilizer dart failed to slow the steer, which ran into the sides of two campus police cars. A campus officer shot the animal three times behind an off-campus home.

The Columbia Missourian reports (http://bit.ly/KKCjY9 ) that John Brune, whose son owned the steer, was hospitalized with a head injury he suffered while trying to help corral the animal.

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Information from: Columbia Missourian, http://www.columbiamissourian.com

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two_cents_worth 11 months ago

The foreman of the cattle drive informed KRCG that this was indeed the bovine that started the fire at Longhorn restaurant last week. The steer loudly bellowed "Well done my RUMP...How's that for lightly charred!" and "Where's the beef NOW?" as he refused to be fenced in by the local ranch hands. The mad cow could be herd lowing "Mooove out of my way" as he charged across the field with greener pastures in his sights. He was corralled in the end with the rustlers steering him out of danger.

An unconfirmed development occurred after the incident had ended. One of the handlers was herd to udder "that was no bull..."

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