Ricardo, the bull who halted train service at Newark Penn Station in December when he wandered onto the tracks, has finally returned to his Sussex County home after receiving treatment for a nagging infection.
Skylands Animal Sanctuary & Rescue in Wantage, where Ricardo was taken after his Newark adventure, said on Facebook last month that the bovine celebrity had been taken on Christmas Eve to the Cornell Large Animal Hospital in upstate New York to undergo treatment for a leg infection.
On Thursday, after spending six weeks at the hospital, the sanctuary announced that Ricardo would be coming home.
“We will be bringing our handsome boy home this week,” said the post. “We can’t wait to have him back here at Skylands, where he belongs.”
Ricardo returns
Ricardo arrived back in Wantage on Friday. He is still a little stiff in the leg, but the infection has healed, Skylands said. The animal will not need any further medication aside from the slow-release antibiotic that is already in his leg, the sanctuary said.