Serial escapee bison filmed being chased by police after fleeing its farm for the sixth time - video
The bison's owner said the reason for the latest escape was due to Easter making the animal feel 'a bit frisky'
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Your support makes all the difference.Police in Texas were involved in a high-speed chase of an unusual nature on Friday after they had to stop and capture an escaped bison that had been spotted running through a residential area by homeowners.
In a video released on the Round Rock Police Department’s Facebook page over the weekend, a patrol car is seen chasing down the animal that was seen running past traffic, among houses and near a shopping mall on Friday morning.
After a short chase, the police and animal control officers were eventually able to stop the 5-year-old bison and get it back to its owner Joe Don Kotrla-Chipps.
Kotrla-Chipps, said the bison was called Big Boy and that he had made a number of escape attempts in the past.
In total, Kotrla-Chipps said that Big Boy has left the farm on a total of six previous occasions.
He blamed the latest incident on the coming of spring, saying the animal tended to get a “bit frisky” when spring was "in the air".
He said: “The fence has been plenty adequate for 25 years for all my other buffalo, but this one is a jumper.“
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