Jon Stewart just rescued a runaway bull named Frank

Jon Stewart
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An Angus bull named Frank Lee (after an Alcatraz escapee) was being transported to a Jamaica, New York, slaughterhouse on Friday when he decided he had other plans. Frank darted out of a truck and headed for a green space at York College.

He was captured, tranquilized, and transported to a hospital, but not brought back to the slaughterhouse. Why? Daily Show veteran Jon Stewart came to the rescue.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.