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Cattle that escaped from St. Louis slaughterhouse are headed to animal sanctuary

• stltoday.com By Nancy Cambria

The steers — including Chico, who dodged police and animal control officers during a dramatic five-hour bid for freedom that included a crash through an iron fence — were picked up Monday morning from the slaughterhouse, Star Packing Co., and taken to an area farm.

They had been waiting at the slaughterhouse in limbo since late Thursday as a stampede of sometimes-feuding groups tried to save them from slaughter after their recapture.

The infamous six will stay at an area farm for a couple of weeks before making the trip to an animal sanctuary. That will likely be a Tennessee property owned by the Gentle Barn animal sanctuary, said Gentle Barn co-founder Jay Weiner.


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