Comments about ‘Runaway bull shot on Utah County freeway’

First of all DN, is it a bull or a steer? the difference is the steer has no manhood. Did the officers ever try to rope it? Citing a farmer for allowing his animal to escape, like the farmer really wanted his animal to escape so it could be killed unnecessarily. give me a break. Sounds like Pleasant Grove cops need to learn a little restraint and learn to call animal control.

Livestock owners DO NOT ALLOW their animals to escape. It happens when a gate is left open or fencing is not adequate. If this steer or bull...get your story straight...was on I-15, I would bet this owner was forced to give in to UDOT forcing them to agree to a 4 or 5 wire barbed wire fence, that most breeds of cattle will eventually push through, rather than a no-climb fence which will hold all breeds of cattle, as well as other livestock. And all for the sake of saving UDOT some money. Now the owner has lost one of his herd and has to pay for damage. All because of UDOT?

So, which was it: a bull or a steer?

In Sanpete County, if a vehicle hits livestock the driver of the vehicle is responsible for the farmers loss. Utah is an open range state I believe.

First off no wire fence can keep cattle in. An animal can choose to go through wire fences it happens all the time.

And the fastest way to work cattle is slowly. Did the officers use quiet slow techniques or were they running and hollering. The latter would cause the steer to become more wild

Darn - I am sorry I missed this, it would have been great to watch!

Definitely a bull. I think longhorn. It was the craziest thing I have seen on the highway and I am surprised it didn't get hit. It just nonchalantly jaunted down the middle lane of the freeway, but we didn't get to see the final outcome because we were passing as it came into the first lane. Crazy!

Why are people critial of what the police did. I dont know of any police officer who received training on how to handle a loose bull. And for those who are wondering why the owner is being cited for this. The owner is responsible to keep any animal from escaping thier property. If you own a bull in a city then you are responsible to find a way to keep the animal from escaping.
Im just glad that no one got hurt in this incident. Now the real question is who is going to pay to fix the police cars which were damaged.

“I dont know of any police officer who received training on how to handle a loose bull” that’s really funny because all of Lindon city’s officers got training, and it took place on the owner of this bulls property. The story also skips over that it was shot multiple times during the four hour ordeal.

LOL! It did not last for 4 hours... it took approximately an hour to get close enough to the animal to safely put it down without endangering the public. Police and animal control had authorization from the owner of the animal to put it down. The owner was cited for "livestock at large w/property damage." An owner of livestock is responsible for any damage caused by its livestock. The owner of the animal was attempting to move it from one location to another with simply a rope around its neck, when it escaped the owner and began to charge through fences. This animal made it onto I-15 by charging through the fence alongside the highway. This was after animal control and police had stopped the chase and was hoping the animal would calm down. This thing was out of control!

"it took approximately an hour to get close enough to the animal to safely put it down without endangering the public."
The animal traveled from pleasant grove to American fork then back to pleasant grove down to the freeway. That has to be what 10 to 15 mile in under an hour? That a fast load of bull.
“The owner of the animal was attempting to move it from one location to another with simply a rope around its neck, when it escaped the owner and began to charge through fences.”
Or did you mean the owner had successfully moved it when it charged through the fence? Does it really matter how they were transporting the cow if it was charging through multiple fences as soon as it was released.
Oh well let’s say you’re being completely honest. An hour for the combined efforts of pleasant grove police, American fork police, the county sheriff’s department, and the highway patrol to kill one cow while allowing thousands of dollars in damage to public and private property is a bit pathetic anyway you look at it.