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Updated · Fox News · Aug 21

Samuel Ramos Palomino Helps Secure Bull on Highway 35 After 35 Years of Ranch Experience

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 21

Samuel Ramos Palomino Helps Secure Bull on Highway 35 After 35 Years of Ranch Experience

Q: How did a massive bull manage to escape onto a busy California highway, and who is responsible for the late-night chaos?

Authorities have not said exactly how the bull escaped, and they have not publicly identified its owner. The available reporting only confirms that the animal had been loose for days, was later returned to its pen, and that officials were working to make that enclosure more secure. That means the immediate cause appears to be a failure in whatever pen or containment system was holding the bull, but responsibility has not been formally assigned. No law enforcement statement in the reports names an owner at fault or explains whether the escape resulted from damaged fencing, an unsecured gate, or some other lapse. What is clear is how the late-night highway chaos unfolded. The bull wandered onto Highway 35 in San Mateo County on Tuesday evening and remained loose for hours, running several miles along the roadway and forcing deputies and California Highway Patrol officers to stop traffic and repeatedly try to corral it. Those efforts failed until officers called Samuel Ramos Palomino, a Sea Horse Ranch foreman in Half Moon Bay with 35 years of experience handling large animals. Palomino responded after midnight, helped track and lasso the bull, loaded it into his livestock trailer, and kept it secure until daybreak. So, while the bull’s escape appears tied to an insecure enclosure, the public record does not yet show who is legally or personally responsible for the incident.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 21

Hours after deputies and CHP failed to corral a loose bull on Highway 35, Samuel Ramos Palomino was called in shortly after midnight and helped bring the animal under control.
Palomino, a Sea Horse Ranch foreman with 35 years of experience, got up despite a 4 a.m. work start, brought his truck and livestock trailer, and joined officers tracking the bull for several miles.
By about 2:30 a.m., the team had secured the bull, loaded it into Palomino’s trailer, and moved it to a safe holding location until it could be returned home at daybreak.
San Mateo County authorities said the overnight effort likely prevented a serious crash or injury on the busy roadway and later thanked Palomino in person for his help.