--- title: Jon Stewart Brings Escaped New York Bull to Animal Sanctuary description: On Friday, the lucky, unsuspecting beneficiary of Jon Stewart's activism was a bull on the loose in New York City canonical: https://time.com/4279888/jon-stewart-escaped-bull-sanctuary/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-02T15:40:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:25:06.250Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jon Stewart Brings Escaped New York Bull to Animal Sanctuary og:description: The rebellious animal was on the loose in Queens og:url: https://time.com/4279888/jon-stewart-escaped-bull-sanctuary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt138361653df6cc27/69888d7c5f570f00b7b204f3/jon-stewart-bull.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jon-stewart-bull og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart Brings Escaped New York Bull to Animal Sanctuary twitter:description: The rebellious animal was on the loose in Queens twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt138361653df6cc27/69888d7c5f570f00b7b204f3/jon-stewart-bull.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Stewart Brings Escaped New York Bull to Animal Sanctuary  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 2, 2016 3:40 PM UTC  Writer/comedian Jon Stewart attends the 2015 Farm Sanctuary Gala held at The Plaza Hotel on October 24, 2015 in New York City. Writer/comedian Jon Stewart attends the 2015 Farm Sanctuary Gala held at The Plaza Hotel on October 24, 2015 in New York City.Brent N. Clarke—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 2, 2016 3:40 PM UTC Jon Stewart, the comedian and [former _The_ _Daily Show_ host](http://time.com/3988456/jon-stewart-daily-show-signs-off/), has a knack for stepping in and [flexing his political influence](http://time.com/4140206/jon-stewart-daily-show-congress-911/) when necessary—and on Friday, the lucky, unsuspecting beneficiary of his activism was a [bull on the loose](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/nyregion/bullin-queens-is-captured-and-jon-stewart-chauffeurs-it-to-freedom.html?%5Fr=0) in New York City. The bull escaped from a holding area for livestock and wound up lost in Queens, where it was cornered by police and corralled on the campus of York College, the [New York _Times_ reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/nyregion/bullin-queens-is-captured-and-jon-stewart-chauffeurs-it-to-freedom.html?%5Fr=0). The animal was taken to Animal Care Centers of NYC in Brooklyn, where staff members hoped to spare it from slaughter. From there, it was picked up by Stewart and his wife, Tracey, noted animal advocates who then drove the bull to a Farm Sanctuary shelter in Watkins Glen, N.Y., according to the _Times_. A video shows Jon Stewart feeding the bull, who has been affectionately nicknamed Frank Lee after the escaped Alcatraz inmate Frank Lee Morris. 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