Buffalo Breaks Out of Slaughterhouse

[Champ]

BLACKFOOT, Idaho - In one flying leap, a buffalo brought for butchering cleared a slaughterhouse's 8-foot fence and made a run for safety.



Lindon Mickelsen, the owner of the slaughterhouse, said the unruly 1,200-pound bison jumped the corral fence Wednesday just moments after it was unloaded.


"He was just ready to run," Mickelsen said. "He wanted to go home."


But the buffalo didn't make it far. Bingham County Sheriff's deputies were in hot pursuit, and they shot and killed the animal as it neared the Snake River and more populated areas.


Idaho Department of Agriculture Veterinarian Clarence Siroky said the buffalo would have been dangerous to residents because the animals get angry quickly and can be aggressive.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20040617/ap_on_fe_st/buffalo_escape

[galadrium]

1. I hope they used the meat...

Cause it would be a horrible waste if they didn't

[tkulesa]

2. How terrified

does an animal that large have to be to find the adrenalin to jump an 8 foot fence?

And what does this tell us about how inhumane these slaughterhouses are?

[Lars39]

3. Which brings to mind this favorite......

http://www.theflasharchive.com/f/f-50.htm

[ladjf]

4. Should have let him free. He earned it.