'Gay' Bull - It's not every day that so many people get together to save one bull from the slaughterhouse. In this opportunity, Sam Simon, the Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) and TheGayUK formed a team to do so.
A bull lived in County Mayo farm in Ireland and was acquired for the same reason that most bulls are: he was meant to impregnate the females in the heard. It's a known fact that a bull can impregnate multiple cows, so it's a good "business."
Still, the problem arose when Benjy, the bull, was unable to impregnate any cow. A local veterinarian saw him and determined that Benjy was gay or at least, it seemed so because he showed more interest in male bulls than female cows, NBC News noted.
Due to this reason, his owner saw no longer any sort of use in the bull and decided to send him to the slaughterhouse. How did he get saved in the end? It turns out that the owner has a friend who is a journalist, Joanna McNicholas.
McNicholas took the story to the Connaught Telegraph, according to the BBC. After this, ARAN became aware of Benjy, the gay bull case, and decided to act on it.
Then, TheGayUK partnered with ARAN and they went to Crowdfunder to start a campaign, called "Save Benjy The Gay Bull." The campaign went viral and Sam Simon, the co-creator of "The Simpsons" found out about Benjy, too.
"All animals have a dire destiny in the meat trade, but to kill this bull because he's gay would've been a double tragedy," Simon shared in a statement.
Simon has been helping animal rights causes for some time now. In 2012, he was diagnosed with cancer and since then has been spending his fortune to save animals, mostly.
What Simon did was donate £5,000, which would be equal to $7,800 approximately. The amount needed to save Benjy was the same sum, so now the bull is safe.
Still, in the crowd funding page, it's posted that they have raised £4,165. With that money, Benjy will be transported from Ireland to Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norwich, and the extra funding will be used to ensure his lifelong well-being.
