Story highlights The bull escaped while on the way to a slaughterhouse

Jon Stewart and his wife, Tracey, took it to their rescue farm

(CNN) The fate of Frank Lee the bull has gone from dinner plate to sanctuary -- thanks to comedian Jon Stewart and his wife.

The Angus bull -- dubbed Frank Lee after an Alcatraz prison escapee -- made a run for freedom Friday during transport to a slaughterhouse in Jamaica, New York.

Following his instincts, the bull ditched out of a truck and ran to the closest pasture -- a green space on the campus of York College.

Video from CNN affiliate WABC shows NYPD officers trying to wrangle the bull there -- at one point shooting a tranquillizer dart at the animal.

Eventually, Frank was subdued and transported to the Animal Care Center in Brooklyn.

NYPD officers capture an escaped bull on the campus of York College in New York.

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