page_title: Bull
section_title: Temperament and handling
hierarchical_section_title: Bull / Management / Temperament and handling
caption_attribution_description: English: Warning sign - bull in field - keep out
context_page_description: A bull is an intact adult male of the species Bos taurus. More muscular and aggressive than the female of the species, the cow, the bull has long been an important symbol in many cultures, and plays a significant role in beef ranching, dairy farming, and a variety of other cultural activities, including bull fighting and bull riding.
context_section_description: Adult bulls may weigh between 500 and 1,000 kg (1,100 and 2,200 lb).  Most are capable of aggressive behavior  and require careful handling to ensure safety of humans and other animals. Those of dairy breeds may be more prone to aggression, while  beef breeds are somewhat less aggressive, though beef breeds such as the Spanish Fighting Bull and related animals are also noted for aggressive tendencies, which are further encouraged by selective breeding.
  An estimated 42% of all livestock-related fatalities in Canada are a result of bull attacks, and fewer than one in 20 victims of a bull attack survives. Dairy breed bulls are particularly dangerous and unpredictable; the hazards of bull handling are a significant cause of injury and death for dairy farmers in some parts of the United States. The need to move a bull in and out of its pen to cover cows exposes the handler to serious jeopardy of life and limb. Being trampled, jammed against a wall, or gored by a bull was one of the most frequent causes of death in the dairy industry before 1940. With regard to such risks, one popular farming magazine has suggested, "Handle the bull with a staff and take no chances.  The gentle bull, not the vicious one, most often kills or maims his keeper".
caption: A warning sign for a bull-occupied field
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