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Jul 23, 2007 7:38 pm US/Eastern

Wayward Bull Pummels Veterinarian

KREBS, Okla. (AP) ― A large Angus bull apparently didn't enjoy his recent medical treatment. After being treated for worms at the Wynn Animal Hospital on Friday, the 1,800-pound bull charged the veterinarian, Dr. Eric Wynn, knocked him to the floor of a barn and then used its head to repeatedly pummel the veterinarian.

"If this bull had horns, I wouldn't be talking to you now," Wynn, 48, told the McAlester News-Capital. "I thought I was dead."

Wynn had just finished the procedure and released the bull to a holding pen when he was distracted by a telephone call. When he turned to take the call, the bull doubled back through a narrow fenced "alleyway" and slammed into Wynn from behind.

After the bull threw the veterinarian out the door, "He pushed me about 16 feet down the sidewalk," Wynn said.

Wynn suffered cuts and bruises but didn't require medical treatment.

After pummeling Wynn, the bull ran across a nearby highway and headed south toward some pastureland and a wooded area. Police helped round up the wayward animal and load him onto a trailer.

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