Every bull is only one false move away from being a killer animal
Bulls have a size and power that we cannot compete with, if they take their temper out on us.
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SUBSCRIBEMany years ago, when I was a young boy in Mallow, we used to go down to the Blackwater river, to a spot that was favoured for swimming, called the “Bullies”.
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