Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated.

Chief John DeCando, spokesman for Paterson Police's animal control division, says the bull was being unloaded at ENA Meat Packing Inc. when it broke loose just before 8:30 a.m.

Police tried to corral the bull by lassoing a rope around the animal's neck, but it dragged officers down the street instead.

DeCando says traffic was light during the bull run. He says the area where the officers attempted the capture and were dragged was not a residential area or near a school.

Officers finally corralled the animal and DeCando was able to sedate it. No injuries were reported from the bull's brief run for freedom. It was transported back to the slaughterhouse, and it's date with fate.

Source: The Record of Bergen County, http://www.northjersey.com

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