SPARTA, New Jersey (WABC) -- A bull attacked its owner in New Jersey Friday afternoon, sending the woman to the hospital with lacerations and bruises. Sparta Dispatch received several calls of a cow in the roadway on Houses Corner Road around 3 p.m., along with reports that the animal was approaching vehicles.
"I saw this young bull, and many cars pulled over were trying to protect him," said one neighbor who didn't want to be identified. "He was very calm. People were petting him on his head...I had cereal in my car, believe it or not, and I fed him out of the passenger side window."
While Officer Arlene Lippencott was en route, authorities received further information from the owner, identified as Wendy McDermott. She told police the animal was actually a bull that had been acting in a highly aggressive manner lately.
McDermott advised that she would attempt to coax the bull back into its enclosure with food.