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During the chase,
TV news helicopter video footage showed one fruitless capture
attempt after another in the borough of Queens.
Police officers tried and failed to use their patrol cars to box
the raging bull in, and at one point it dashed away from one
gathering of onlookers only to rush toward others.
No injuries were reported but the videos, broadcast live online,
made the plucky bull a short-lived social media star and Queens
briefly became the top trending subject on Twitter.
"NYPD vs. cow. Cow keeps winning," Kansas City television
reporter Brian Abel tweeted, using the acronym for the New York
City Police Department.
After more than two hours, the bull entered the backyard of a
home in the Jamaica neighborhood, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from
the slaughterhouse, and police sedated and captured it, said
Sergeant Lee Jones, a police spokesman.
It was later declared dead, and although the cause was not
immediately known, stress may have been a factor, Detective
Ahmed Nasser said. The body was being sent to a crematorium on
Long Island, he said.
The New York Post said the bull was shot with at least five
tranquilizer darts by police before it died.
(Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Tom Brown)
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