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| Two water buffalo were corralled by firefighters after they ran loose on a busy street in Newtown in inner west Sydney on Tuesday. The animals had apparently escaped from a film set in Sydney Park, St Peters, about two kilometres away, a witness said. | Two water buffalo were corralled by firefighters after they ran loose on a busy street in Newtown in inner west Sydney on Tuesday. The animals had apparently escaped from a film set in Sydney Park, St Peters, about two kilometres away, a witness said. |
| Police received the first report of a water buffalo chasing pedestrians on King Street just before 10am (AEDT) on Tuesday. Firefighters from Newtown station managed to contain the buffalo in a makeshift pen on the corner of Carillon Avenue and Missenden Road, near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, a NSW Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said . | Police received the first report of a water buffalo chasing pedestrians on King Street just before 10am (AEDT) on Tuesday. Firefighters from Newtown station managed to contain the buffalo in a makeshift pen on the corner of Carillon Avenue and Missenden Road, near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, a NSW Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said . |
| "They [the buffalo] are pretty angry, apparently," the unnamed witness at Sydney Park said. "They've just disappeared totally." | "They [the buffalo] are pretty angry, apparently," the unnamed witness at Sydney Park said. "They've just disappeared totally." |
| Another witness, April Felman, said she spotted people with cameras following the buffalo through traffic on King Street. | Another witness, April Felman, said she spotted people with cameras following the buffalo through traffic on King Street. |
| "It was crazy," she told ABC Radio. "Everyone on the street was shocked looking at these bulls running. There was a jeep with film equipment ... egging them on." | "It was crazy," she told ABC Radio. "Everyone on the street was shocked looking at these bulls running. There was a jeep with film equipment ... egging them on." |
| Fire and Rescue NSW Inspector Ian Krimmer said animal handlers had been called to remove the buffalo from the makeshift pen. | Fire and Rescue NSW Inspector Ian Krimmer said animal handlers had been called to remove the buffalo from the makeshift pen. |