Rampaging bulls shot in resort town

The animals broke free from their container at around 10am on Wednesday and run amok in the Castle Hill area of Tenby, West Wales - tossing one man into the air and leaving another hanging over rocks after he jumped over a wall to avoid being charged.

Dyfed-Powys Police had to cordon off the area to execute the bulls after one broke through a makeshift steel barrier erected in a bid to contain them.

The animals had just been transported by boat from nearby Caldey Island when the drama unfolded.

Paul Edmundson, a 25-year-old local barman who also works as a part-time Caldey Island boat crewman, was fortunate to escape with minor cuts and a "bruised bottom" after being tossed into a hedge by one of the bulls.

"We tried to cut off the route of escape for the bulls when one came through a hedge and charged straight towards us," said Mr Edmundson.

"It just smashed the barrier out of the way and picked its target, which was me. I was trying to climb up a bank and as I did the bull dropped its head to gore me. I thought 'I'm not being hit by one of those horns' so I actually sat down between the horns. It flipped me into the air and into a hedge."

A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: "There were members of the public in the area - and the bulls were very irate and aggressive.

"A vet was called to the scene, and attended soon after. They were contained within temporary fencing at approximately 11am in a footpath between the old and new Lifeboat station, but escaped out of that containment approximately half an hour later.

"All possible options to deal with the animals were considered in consultation with the vet - but considering the immediate danger they posed to the public, armed officers had to destroy them. The area was made safe and re-opened at around 1pm."