Skylands is a 232-acre farm in New Jersey’s Suffolk County and is home to 450 animals, including bulls, cows, sheep, goats, horses and chickens.
The bull – a castrated Texas Longhorn weighing between 750 and 800 pounds – has been named Ricardo after one of the Newark police officers who attended the scene.
“He had to be from a slaughterhouse or a transport truck over there,” Mr Stura told the New York Post.
The bull is now in quarantine while the sanctuary waits for tests checking if he is not carrying any infectious diseases that could spread to the other animals.
“I drove him straight to the vet,” he said.
“I wanted to get him a reverser drug for the sedatives they’d given him and he also needs a bunch of tests done to make sure he is safe to go with other animals.”
‘Hopefully he’ll live a long, happy life’
Mr Stura said he will then spend time with Ricardo to learn his personality and decide which group of the farm’s bovines he should live with.
“Hopefully he’ll get along well and live a long, happy life here,” he said.
At Skylands, Ricardo is set to make the acquaintance of Barney, a fellow runaway bull who escaped a Long Island farm the night before he was due to be slaughtered in July 2021.
The 1,500-pound bull was on the run for two months as he rampaged through woodland and suburbs, defying helicopter and drone searches.
He was recaptured in September 2021 and taken to Skylands.
