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Police shoot 'dangerous' bull after it escapes from abattoir

A bull was killed after it escaped from a meat processing facility on the Isle of Man. But did officers take the right course of action?

Chris Brayford
clock • 4 min read
Steve Maddocks, superintendent at the Isle of Man Constabulary, said: "We fully understand the public's upset with an animal having been dispatched but there was no easy way to contain the bull." (Pic: The bull moments before it was shot)
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Steve Maddocks, superintendent at the Isle of Man Constabulary, said: "We fully understand the public's upset with an animal having been dispatched but there was no easy way to contain the bull." (Pic: The bull moments before it was shot)

Officers have reassured the public that the right course of action was taken to kill a bull which had managed to flee from an abattoir. Isle of Man Constabulary said the bull managed to escape from...

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