Bullfight! Fremont bulls face off on neighborhood street

When an active ‘bullfight’ comes out over the radio .. meetings take pause and everyone listens for the next update! Luckily the owner arrived and helped MOOve the two back to their property. #TrueStory

The owner was fined and will be responsible for repairs and damages. pic.twitter.com/DsyV6Y9LoP

— Fremont Police Department (@FremontPD) June 6, 2018

FREMONT — The only thing missing was the china shop.

Fremont officers were summoned to the 200 block of Castro Lane about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after two bulls were spotted fighting in the street.

“When an active ‘bullfight’ comes out over the radio,” police said in Facebook and Twitter posts, “meetings take pause and everyone listens for the next update.”

Police officers joined community service and animal control officers who were already at the scene and began drafting a plan to break up the brouhaha, said Geneva Bosques, a spokeswoman for the police department. Tranquilizer darts were an obvious solution, but ultimately not needed after the owner arrived and rounded up the bulls.

“Luckily the owner arrived and helped MOOve the two back to their property,” police said in the social media posts.

The belligerent bovines left a trail of destruction in their wake. Fences were knocked down on the 41000 block of Canyon Heights Drive. They also overturned planters and dented parked cars.

Bosques said the owner was issued a pair of $100 citations — one for each bull — and will foot the bill for the property damage.

Bulls are legal to own in Fremont, which is home to a number of ranches, Bosques said. And while livestock occasionally go on the lam, she couldn’t recall a similar situation.

“I can’t remember a bull being loose,” Bosques said. “A bullfight in the street is a first for sure.”