{"id":28232,"date":"2024-05-10T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/wayward-bull-wrangled-to-safety-in-gilmanton-nh\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T23:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T23:30:18","slug":"wayward-bull-wrangled-to-safety-in-gilmanton-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/wayward-bull-wrangled-to-safety-in-gilmanton-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayward bull wrangled to safety in Gilmanton, NH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/vidthumb\/7fc5da73-f51b-4297-bb40-584fad07c4c2\/f3486830-3876-4cfd-9f51-67eb2f7074fc.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tA 450-pound bull is safe after he escaped from his enclosure Friday in Gilmanton.Alexander DeCoste was traveling on Route 140 when he was stopped by a miniature Highland bull in the middle of the road. DeCoste said he jumped out of his truck and attempted to wrangle the animal with a rope. A friend of his and an employee at the farm that owns the bull were able to tie it to a tree until they could call for help.&gt;&gt; Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play &lt;&lt;&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to screw with someone&#8217;s livelihood,&#8221; DeCoste said. &#8220;It&#8217;s an expensive cow, so get him tied up and help your neighbors out.&#8221;&#8221;This is the reality of farm life is that accidents happen, and fortunately, no one got hurt,&#8221; said William Philpot, of Varney Pond Farm.The men said the bull is typically well-behaved, and they blamed his behavior on mating season.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">GILMANTON, N.H. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A 450-pound bull is safe after he escaped from his enclosure Friday in Gilmanton.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander DeCoste was traveling on Route 140 when he was stopped by a miniature Highland bull in the middle of the road. <\/p>\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/side-floater --><\/p>\n<p><!-- article\/blocks\/side-floater --><\/p>\n<p>DeCoste said he jumped out of his truck and attempted to wrangle the animal with a rope. A friend of his and an employee at the farm that owns the bull were able to tie it to a tree until they could call for help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=109350X1567034&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fwmur-news-9-breaking-news%2Fid504646663%3Fign-mpt%3Duo%253D6&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wmur.com%2Farticle%2Fwayward-bull-gilmanton-nh-51024%2F60760215&amp;xcust=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.hearst.android.wmur&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google Play<\/a> <strong>&lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want to screw with someone&#8217;s livelihood,&#8221; DeCoste said. &#8220;It&#8217;s an expensive cow, so get him tied up and help your neighbors out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the reality of farm life is that accidents happen, and fortunately, no one got hurt,&#8221; said William Philpot, of Varney Pond Farm.<\/p>\n<p>The men said the bull is typically well-behaved, and they blamed his behavior on mating season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/wayward-bull-gilmanton-nh-51024\/60760215\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 450-pound bull is safe after he escaped from his enclosure Friday in Gilmanton.Alexander DeCoste was traveling on Route 140 when he was stopped by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}