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A rodeo steer on the loose from the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee was running southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 177 Monday morning before he was finally roped by a cowboy on horseback in the Farrall and Chapman area, police said.
The steer was one of several that managed an overnight escape from a practice pen at the International Finals Youth Rodeo, going on this week at the Expo Center, Independence and U.S. 177.
Mike Jackson, Expo operations manager, said there were several steers on the loose after a gate wasn’t securely latched in the practice pen.
Shawnee Police Sgt. Mason Wilson said police responded to the call involving the steer running on U.S. 177, where the steer was being chased by “a cowboy on a horse.”
The steer traveled more than two miles from the Expo Center south to the Farrall Street area.
The steer didn’t take the highway exit off-ramp, Wilson said, but he made it to Farrall and Chapman, where he was finally roped by the cowboy and taken into livestock custody. The cowboy was reported to be an employee of the company providing livestock for the IFYR, Jackson said.
No injuries or traffic-related accidents were reported on U.S. 177 as a result of the incident, which occurred just after 7 a.m.
Officers Heath Streater and Lloyd Fulton responded to the call. No police report was expected.
The steer, along with the horse being ridden by the livestock employee, were tired after the ordeal. Jackson said that particular steer will not be used in this week’s rodeo competition.
Jackson said that while that steer went a different route, several others that also escaped the practice pen managed to get to Airport Road.
All of those were rounded up and corralled, he said, and there were no injuries or accidents reported there.
A rodeo steer on the loose from the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center in Shawnee was running southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 177 Monday morning before he was finally roped by a cowboy on horseback in the Farrall and Chapman area, police said.
The steer was one of several that managed an overnight escape from a practice pen at the International Finals Youth Rodeo, going on this week at the Expo Center, Independence and U.S. 177.
Mike Jackson, Expo operations manager, said there were several steers on the loose after a gate wasn’t securely latched in the practice pen.
Shawnee Police Sgt. Mason Wilson said police responded to the call involving the steer running on U.S. 177, where the steer was being chased by “a cowboy on a horse.”
The steer traveled more than two miles from the Expo Center south to the Farrall Street area.
The steer didn’t take the highway exit off-ramp, Wilson said, but he made it to Farrall and Chapman, where he was finally roped by the cowboy and taken into livestock custody. The cowboy was reported to be an employee of the company providing livestock for the IFYR, Jackson said.
No injuries or traffic-related accidents were reported on U.S. 177 as a result of the incident, which occurred just after 7 a.m.
Officers Heath Streater and Lloyd Fulton responded to the call. No police report was expected.
The steer, along with the horse being ridden by the livestock employee, were tired after the ordeal. Jackson said that particular steer will not be used in this week’s rodeo competition.
Jackson said that while that steer went a different route, several others that also escaped the practice pen managed to get to Airport Road.
All of those were rounded up and corralled, he said, and there were no injuries or accidents reported there.
