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PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island
PETA Provides New Tribute To Barney The Bull On Long Island Gone, but never forgotten. The animal formerly known as Barney, the elusive bull who spent months on the run across Long Island after escaping from a slaughterhouse is now the face of a new ad campaign for PETA celebrating a meat-free lifestyle. Original story - No Bull: Barney Captured After Months On The Run In Suffolk County The bull - who has settled into a new permanent home at a New Jersey animal sanctuary and is now known as Hannibal - has become the face of a new campaign for PETA and the Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) touting veganism. To celebrate the bull’s escape …

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by Zak Failla
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Quite A Run: Barney's Capture Has Many Long Islanders Looking Back At His Journey Quite A Run: Barney's Capture Has Many Long Islanders Looking Back At His Journey
Quite A Run: Barney's Capture Has Many Long Islanders Looking Back At His Journey The capture of a 1,500-pound bull who had been on the loose for more than two months has many Long Islanders looking back at his two-month run. The bull was captured by Mike Stura of Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, the Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced. Earlier report: No Bull: Barney Captured After Months On The Run In Suffolk County The bull, who was nicknamed Barney after escaping from a slaughterhouse on Barnes Road in Manorville, was first spotted on Tuesday, July 20, in Mastic.  SCPD office…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Barney The Bull: Suffolk SPCA Arranges 'Forever Home' For Escaped Bovine Barney The Bull: Suffolk SPCA Arranges 'Forever Home' For Escaped Bovine
Barney The Bull: Suffolk SPCA Arranges 'Forever Home' For Escaped Bovine Eight days later, Barney, the elusive bull on Long Island is still on the loose, though the SPCA has big plans or his future. The Suffolk County SPCA said that days after the bull escaped from being slaughtered, police reached out to SPCA Chief Roy Gross to coordinate with the rescue groups to help safely capture “Barney” and send it to Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue. Gross said that Mike Stura of the sanctuary has agreed to provide a forever home for Barney on his 232-acre property in Wantage, New Jersey. Mike SturaSuffolk County SPCA Stura has been on site for the last eight …

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by Zak Failla