A bull spotted trotting through city streets – after apparently escaping from an abattoir – has been given a new home by an animal sanctuary.

The stray bovine, thought to be around two years old, was safely contained by Birmingham City Council staff on Friday after being spotted by startled passers-by in New Bond Street, Digbeth, shortly before 9.30am.

Street cleaning crews corralled what the council described as the “beautiful albeit misplaced” animal until it was checked over by an animal welfare team and then transferred to the care of West Midlands Police.

Wendy Valentine, founder of the Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Frettenham, near Norwich, said of the bull: “We became aware of his desperate break for freedom when we received multiple calls from concerned supporters asking if we co

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