Birmingham’s free-running bull rehomed in Norwich animal sanctuary

A bull that ran unfastened in the course of the streets of Birmingham – after it appears escaping from an abattoir – has been given a brand new house by way of an animal sanctuary in Norfolk.

The stray bovine, regarded as about two years previous, used to be safely contained by way of Birmingham town council personnel on Friday after being noticed by way of passersby in New Bond Street, Digbeth, in a while ahead of 9.30am.

Street cleansing crews corralled what the council described because the “beautiful albeit misplaced” animal till it used to be checked over by way of a welfare group after which transferred to the care of West Midlands police. It used to be unclear the place the massive black bull got here from or why it used to be operating unfastened.

Wendy Valentine, founding father of the Hillside animal sanctuary in Frettenham, close to Norwich, mentioned: “We became aware of his desperate break for freedom when we received multiple calls from concerned supporters asking if we could help.

“We sprang into action and negotiated with the Birmingham police, assuring them that we could give him a secure home here at Hillside.

“With nobody coming forward to claim him, they agreed that we could collect him and bring him to our sanctuary.”

The bull arrived at Hillside at about 2.45am on Saturday, has been named Liam and can reside with the sanctuary’s 750 different rescued livestock.

A video launched by way of the sanctuary confirmed the bull munching hay in its new environment inside mins of its arrival.

Majid Mahmood, a councillor and Birmingham’s cupboard member for atmosphere and shipping, posted an image of the bull on X and wrote: “This magnificent animal seemed to be enjoying an unexpected break, but our amazing street cleansing staff weren’t phased at all, helping moving it into a safe place.

“Well done to our animal welfare staff & park rangers.”

Video photos shared on-line on Friday confirmed the animal charging round streets in east Birmingham, galloping previous vehicles on a highway close to a roundabout and operating alongside pavements.

The incident brought on jokes on-line that it is going to had been heading in opposition to Birmingham’s Bullring or whether or not the bronze statue of the animal guarding the buying groceries centre had come to lifestyles.

In Birmingham’s New Street railway station, a 10-metre mechanical bull constructed for the Commonwealth Games opening rite sits at the central concourse. It used to be named Ozzy in a public vote after the rock big name Ozzy Osbourne, who comes from town.