Overview
- Officers were alerted at 9:13 a.m. to a bull on the tracks between Brayton level crossing and Selby station.
- North Yorkshire Police worked with British Transport Police, Network Rail and livestock handlers, using a drone to locate and monitor the animal.
- After attempts to contain or move it failed, specialist firearms officers humanely dispatched the bull as a last resort under legal authority.
- Network Rail closed sections of the line during the operation, causing train delays, with no injuries reported to the public or officers.
- Police said tranquillisation was not a safe or practical option; local reports suggest the shooting occurred in the Home Bargains car park.