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Escaped ‘Toro Embolado’ in Jérica Captured After Overnight Search

Officials say the bull was tranquilized at daybreak in open country before being returned to a transporter.

Overview

  • After hours on the loose, crews cornered the animal in a rural area, used tranquilizer darts, monitored it on the ground, and later loaded it onto a truck.
  • The bull had broken a metal barrier during the embolado at the Divina Pastora festivities and fled through the town.
  • Video published by local media showed the animal running with flaming balls on its horns and residents scrambling out of its path.
  • Overnight search efforts involved the Guardia Civil, the rancher, and municipal personnel, according to local authorities.
  • The combustive balls extinguished shortly after the escape with no reported damage to nearby forest, and the bull is from the Hermanos Cali ranch in Moixent.