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Rodeo bull named Rampage escapes pen, sparking search in Armstrong County

UPDATE: Rampage has been found. 

The previous story is below. 

A family in South Buffalo Township said its bull has returned home after escaping its pen.

Abrahm Blair and his wife, Amanda Mailki, own a black mini-bull named Rampage. Blair says Rampage is the oldest of all the bulls they own, and he checked their pen Monday night before he went to bed.

But by Tuesday morning, Rampage was gone. He has since returned home. 

"He didn't come to the feed," Blair said. "I called his name, and he comes when you call him. He's like a dog. You call his name, he comes. When I called him and he didn't come, I knew something was wrong."

Blair went looking for Rampage and found a broken fencepost. All the other bulls stayed except for Rampage.

"It looked like there was a tussle between him and another bull and they snapped one of the fenceposts off," he said. "The other bulls all stayed. He usually stays. He's gotten out before, but he never has left the property ever."

Mailki is in Utah with their son, Logan, who rides Rampage for his rodeo training. When she found out Rampage was missing, she posted photos and videos on Facebook, hoping someone had seen him. In the meantime, Blair got a group together — including riders on horseback and a drone with thermal imaging — to start searching for him.

"Honestly, I just want to make sure he is OK and not hurt," Mailki said before Rampage returned home.

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