The animal, which had been transported to the abattoir on Tuesday for slaughter, was shot at a rugby club at about 11:30 BST after running through a residential area and near a primary school. The bull was free for about 30 minutes before police shot the animal, with several roads around the Tromode area closed during its escape.

The U.S. has been facing surging beef prices because of drought and fewer imports from Mexico as a parasite is affecting cattle there, but climbing prices are nothing new. Beef prices have risen over the last 20 years in the U.S. due to a shrinking cattle herd while beef remains popular among consumers.

A "dangerous, on-the-loose" bull which had escaped a meat processing plant was shot dead because there was "no easy way to contain it", police have said. The bull, which had been due to be slaughtered on Tuesday at the abattoir in Tromode, Douglas, was "aggressive" and police were called before it escaped at about 11:00 BST.

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