Alabama Deputy Needs Transplant After Being Gored by Bull
A deputy with the with the Morgan County (AL) Sheriff's Office Alabama lost his small intestine and large portions of his large intestine after he was gored by his two-year old bull over the weekend.
Deputy Caleb Brooks was gored and pinned against a tree by a two-year-old bull.
Image courtesy of Madeline Brooks / Facebook.
A deputy with the with the Morgan County (AL) Sheriff's Office Alabama lost his small intestine and large portions of his large intestine after he was gored by his two-year old bull over the weekend.
According to WSOC-TV, the young animal charged Deputy Caleb Brooks and pinned him against a tree.
Brooks was transported to a nearby hospital and is expected to be transferred to a treatment facility in Ohio for the required transplants.
Brooks' wife said in a Facebook post that the bull had never previously been aggressive, but the animal attacked "out of nowhere" on Sunday.
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