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21-02-2025
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Watch: 'Waldo' the Scottish highland bull on the loose in Connecticut
Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Animal control officials in Connecticut are asking residents to keep an eye out for an escaped Scottish highland bull on the loose for about six weeks. Jo Ann Joray, owner of Stonyledge Farm in Kent, said the bull was unloaded from a trailer and spent about five minutes at his new home before breaking through a fence. "He was actually bought as my oldest son's Christmas present because he wanted a highland, so now his Christmas present's been running around," Joray told Fox 61 news. The bull has since been wandering Litchfield County for about six months, earning him the appropriate name Waldo. "It's been absolutely horrifying just knowing one of our animals is out there. Even though we only had him for five minutes, he's still our animal. He was meant to be here and breed our cows and this is not how we intended this to go," Joray said. Kent Animal Control posted a photo of Waldo this week along with a plea for residents to report any sightings. "He was last seen over the line in New Milford, but if he heads back into the Hollow, please don't chase him," the post said. Scottish highland cattle, which are identifiable by their long hair, are a famously friendly and docile breed of cattle, and are often kept as pets.
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21-02-2025
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Scottish Highland bull has spent most of the winter on the loose roaming around CT town
A Scottish Highland bull has been on the loose in Kent for more than a month after escaping a local enclosure. The animal has been spotted several times, but efforts to catch it have been unsuccessful, according to Kent Animal Control. Some of the sightings involved individuals who did not know the animal was missing, but the bigger issue in wrangling him in has been when people stop and try to catch him on their own, the animal's owner, Jo Ann Joray, told The Courant. 'We're trying to get the word out there to not allow people to go near it,' Joray said. 'Don't try to catch it, don't chase it, just call.' Joray said the bull escaped about six weeks ago. It was taken off a trailer and blew threw her fence, having been on the property for only about five minutes, she said. The fence is used to house cows, but the bull was very 'hyped up' when it arrived and appeared to have not been properly trailered when it was delivered from another farm, Joray said. Some Connecticut residents who have taken to social media have drawn parallels between the Scottish Highland bull and Buddy the beefalo. Buddy escaped from a slaughterhouse in Plymouth in August 2020 and captivated the area over the next eight months while he was on the lam. The beefalo was eventually captured by a farmer who spotted him with some cows and was later taken to an animal sanctuary in Florida. Joray is asking anyone who spots her bull not to stop and try to catch it or do anything out of the ordinary that could spook him and lead him back into the woods. 'Let me know where they are and don't stay,' Joray said. 'Just keep going because if you stay, he'll get antsy and go.' According to animal control, the bull was recently seen over the New Milford town line. Anyone who spots the bull can reach Joray at 860-307-5859.
