PHOTO GALLERY: Steer loose in east Columbia

June 19, 2012 | 11:00 a.m. CDT

An Angus steer that escaped from a pen ran loose through east Columbia and across campus Tuesday morning before it was killed. The animal injured one man.

Dusty Nagy, assistant professor with the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, right, discusses the best positioning of a chain to help pull the 1,300-pound steer into a trailer Tuesday morning. Nagy is also a livestock specialist. | Caitlin Jones

Dusty Nagy, far right, helps two others load a steer into a trailer Tuesday morning in the 1500 block of Anthony Street. The steer was shot after attempts to tranquilize it failed after it got loose from the MU Abattoir and meat processing plant. | Caitlin Jones

A 1,300-pound Angus steer lies dead in the backyard of a home in the 1500 block of Anthony Street on Tuesday morning. The steer jumped a fence from a pen awaiting slaughter. The steer was shot after tranquilizers were ineffective in trying to subdue the animal. | Carrie Durkee

A loose steer gets ready to cross a street on campus Tuesday morning. The animal was eventually killed outside a house on Anthony Street. | Courtesy of Grace Kowalski

The runaway steer runs past a car Tuesday morning on campus. | Courtesy of Grace Kowalski

The runaway steer heads toward campus Tuesday morning. | Courtesy of Grace Kowalski

MU Police Chief Jack Watring talks with other officers after the steer had been safely euthanized Tuesday morning. Watring said the animal was killed because "it was a safety issue." | Carrie Durkee

Spectators on Anthony Street on Tuesday take pictures of the dead steer being placed in a livestock trailer. The steer escaped on its way to the MU slaughterhouse. | Robert Swain

A man and a tow truck operator chain the steer before removal from a 94-year old woman's backyard on Anthony Street in East Campus after a chase Tuesday. | Carrie Durkee