December 29, 2023 at 5:56 pm Update: 5 hours ago
The bull that was trapped for days by high water on a Meuse peninsula near Itteren has been freed from its predicament. The manager of the FREE Nature farm fed the animal, which did not want to leave, on Friday afternoon on the shore.
The rescue operation was carried out by first stunning the animal and then dragging it onto a boat using a winch. The boat then reached the safe shore in Itteren, in the municipality of Maastricht.
In Itteren, the bull slowly regained consciousness, in the vicinity of a veterinarian. As soon as the animal regains its strength, it will be moved to the Terworm nature reserve near Heerlen.
A spokesperson for FREE Nature said on Friday that the animal had separated some time ago from a herd, which is currently located on the Belgian side of the nature reserve near Lanaken. According to her, this is normal for an adult bull.
The animal then decided to choose the promontory as its territory, but in recent days it was attacked there by the rapidly rising waters of the Meuse. But the stubborn bull did not move from his place.
FREE Nature ensured that in the last few days the bull had enough hay and cow cakes to maintain his strength. On Thursday it was decided that the animal needed to be removed. After a few failed attempts, he succeeded on Friday. The manager of the farm is “very satisfied”.
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This is how the bull was saved from the Meuse Peninsula
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Video | The “lonely bull” is fed on an island in Limburg
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Video | Bull stranded on “an island” due to high water levels in the Meuse
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