He faced executn for failure to perform. But Benjy, the gay bull of Ireland, has been saved followg a worldwi appeal backed by "The Simpsons" -creator Sam Simon.
Contents:
- REVISG THE STORY OF BENJY, THE GAY BULL WHO PTURED HEARTS IRELAND
- DOCUMENTARY ON ONE: BENJY THE LTLE GAY BULL
- HAPPY EVER AFTER FOR 'TERNATNAL CELEBRY' BENJY THE GAY BULL
- BENJY THE 'GAY' BULL, SAVED OM THE SLGHTERHOE BY LATE SIMPSONS -CREATOR SAM SIMON, IS NOT GAY
- BENJY 'THE GAY BULL' IS ACTUALLY BISEXUAL
- BEEF ENUNTER: HAPPY END TO TALE OF BENJY THE GAY BULL
- BENJY THE GAY BULL ARRIV AT ANIMAL SANCTUARY, FDS POSSIBLE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREDECEMBER 22, 2014/10:43 AMBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREDECEMBER 22, 2014 / 10:43 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BENJY THE GAY BULL ARRIV AT ANIMAL SANCTUARY, FDS POSSIBLE BOYIEND","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-22T15:43:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-22T15:43:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOE EHRMAN-DUPRE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWG THE SAGA OF BENJY THE GAY BULL FOR A UPLE OF MONTHS NOW: A BULL OM IRELAND WAS NEARLY SENT TO THE SLGHTERHOE BEE HE WAS MORE TERTED THE OTHER MAL ON THE FARM AND WOULDN'T BREED WH ANY WS. AFTER A CROWDSOURCG MPAIGN—AND A DONATN OM SIMPSONS -CREATOR SAM SIMON—BENJY WAS SAVED AND SENT TO HILLSI ANIMAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BENJY'S SETTLG TO HIS NEW HOME AND THOUGH THE SANCTUARY REQUIR S ANIMALS TO BE SPAYED AND NTERED UPON ARRIVAL, HE'S EVEN MET A NEW POSSIBLE LOVE TERT, A ONE-YEAR-OLD BULLOCK NAMED ALEX. OF URSE 'LL BE A BRIEF AFFAIR AS BENJY, LIKE ALL RINTS AT HILLSI, WILL SOON BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FACEBOOK POST ON THE SANCTUARY'S PAGE TAILED BENJY'S FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(FUNCTN(D, S, ID) { VAR JS, FJS = D.GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME(S)[0]; IF (D.GETELEMENTBYID(ID)) RETURN; JS = D.CREATEELEMENT(S); = ID; = "//"; SERTBEFORE(JS, FJS); }(DOCUMENT, 'SCRIPT', 'FACEBOOK-JSSDK'));{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// ]]>{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- BENJY THE GAY BULL HAS BEEN SAVED!
- BENJY THE GAY IRISH BULL MAY LIKE WS AFTER ALL
- FIRST VIO OF BENJY 'THE GAY BULL' AS HE BEGS JOURNEY TO NEW HOME
- BENJY THE LTLE GAY BULL
- HAS BENJY THE GAY BULL FOUND NEW LOVE?
- BENJY THE GAY BULL SAVED OM SLGHTER
- IRELAND'S GAY BULL BENJY SAVED OM SLGHTERHOE FOLLOWG APPEAL BACKED BY 'SIMPSONS' -CREATOR
REVISG THE STORY OF BENJY, THE GAY BULL WHO PTURED HEARTS IRELAND
Even though his story is no longer the headl, Benjy the ltle gay bull had a big impact on the Irish muny. * benjy gay bull *
If you’ve been followg GCN sce 2014, you’ll likely remember the story of Benjy, the ltle gay bull om County Mayo. Ireland’s Animal Rights Actn Network (ARAN) and The Gay UK worked together to create a crowdfundg mpaign to save the bull. Ltle was known about his life after movg abroad, but five years later, the same lol journalist worked wh RTÉ Rad to create a documentary lled Benjy the Ltle Gay Bull which reviss his story.
@RTERad1 Documentary on One 'Benjy The Ltle Gay Bull' (2019) | Listen now: @RTEdonone.
Even though his story is no longer the headl, Benjy the ltle gay bull had a big impact on the Irish muny. In terviews, several people dited that they didn’t know gay animals existed prr to hearg his story. © 2023 GCN (Gay Communy News).
DOCUMENTARY ON ONE: BENJY THE LTLE GAY BULL
Do you remember the story about the ltle gay bull om the wt of Ireland? His name was Benjy and the farmer who owned him was about to send him to the slghterhoe bee he wasn't gettg his ws pregnant. * benjy gay bull *
Benjy the gay bull beme a queer in and an ternatnal hero after his story beme global news five years ago. Benjy, a "gay" bull which has been saved om slghter. But before he uld be sent off to be ma to burgers, Benjy started makg headl as a gay bull.
Benjy is livg his bt life Hillsi Animal Sanctuary Norwich, who 'don't really re if he's gay or not, we jt want to give him a happy home.
HAPPY EVER AFTER FOR 'TERNATNAL CELEBRY' BENJY THE GAY BULL
Benjy the gay bull beme a queer in and an ternatnal hero after his story broke five years ago when he was gog to the slghterhoe. * benjy gay bull *
Not bee he's gay, but bee 's jt a policy to stop the surprise arrival of new baby bulls!
Get the ee Morng Headl email for news om our reporters across the worldSign up to our ee Morng Headl emailBenjy the “gay” bull, who was saved by mpaigners om beg sent to the slghterhoe after failg to mate wh any of his owner’s ws, may not be a homosexual animal after all.
“All animals have a dire sty the meat tra, but to kill this bull bee he’s gay would have been a tragedy, ” he said at the mut of Benjy arrivg at his new home he had beiend a bullock lled his new owners have disvered that Benjy is showg an active tert the ws at the sanctuary, rather than the bulls. “Judgg by what he was tryg to do the other day wh one of the ws… he isn’t gay, ” the sanctuary’s founr Wendy Valente told the BBC. “Benjy me to bee somebody thought he was gay.
BENJY THE 'GAY' BULL, SAVED OM THE SLGHTERHOE BY LATE SIMPSONS -CREATOR SAM SIMON, IS NOT GAY
It's no bull: the U.K.'s famo gay bull isn't so gay after all! He lik both bulls and ws. * benjy gay bull *
Castratn may seem a b harsh, but for an apparently bisexual bull named Benjy the Uned Kgdom, maybe 's for the was dubbed "the gay bull" after beg spotted spendg too much time wh other bulls, and not enough wh the ws.
BENJY 'THE GAY BULL' IS ACTUALLY BISEXUAL
Lynne Kelleher Five years after preparg to nsign him to the slghterhoe due to his sexual orientatn, the former owner of Benjy the gay bull has had an emotnal rnn wh the celebry Charolais. * benjy gay bull *
"When he got here, he went nose to nose wh a male lf, " farmer John Watson of the sanctuary told Gay Star News, "and everyone said was his first kiss. "I know they say Benjy's gay, but we won't be takg any chanc, " Watson told the Irish Sunday Inpenntlast year. "He has gone out to grass wh que a lot of other ws, and Wendy said he was lookg que happy wh a female w, " Watson told Gay Star News a new follow-up report.
"We uldn't take the risk he would impregnate all our female ws, " said Watson, addg they weren't sure he was 100 percent gay.
Havg lost his gay "gold star, " henceforth The Advote will now refer to Benjy as "the bisexual bull. Five years after preparg to nsign him to the slghterhoe due to his sexual orientatn, the former owner of Benjy the gay bull has had an emotnal rnn wh the celebry h the headl around the world after he was saved om the dner table when animal rights and LGBT activists me together to mpaign for a reprieve. A vet had broken to Mayo farmer Joe Kelly that the reason Benjy uld not semate ws was his sexual orientatn — he had a fancy for vortg wh a young male a flurry of publicy which clud The Graham Norton Show and reached as far as Atralia, money was raised, wh the help of The Simpsons -founr Sam Simon, to save the cream- loured bull om the butcher and send him to an English animal farmer and bull have e face-to-face once RTE's Documentary on One: Benjy the Ltle Gay Bull, Joe Kelly and his pal Joanna disver Benjy is livg out his days at the Hillsi Animal Sanctuary Norfolk.
BEEF ENUNTER: HAPPY END TO TALE OF BENJY THE GAY BULL
Benjy, the gay bull saved om the slghterhoe followg an ternatnal mpaign, is explorg new optns his new home. * benjy gay bull *
Documentary on RTE Rad 1: Benji the ltle gay bull airs today at 1pm and is repeated tomorrow at 7pm and will be available to listen to here. We've been followg the saga of Benjy the gay bull for a uple of months now: A bull om Ireland was nearly sent to the slghterhoe bee he was more terted the other mal on the farm and wouldn't breed wh any ws.
BENJY THE GAY BULL ARRIV AT ANIMAL SANCTUARY, FDS POSSIBLE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREDECEMBER 22, 2014/10:43 AMBY JOE EHRMAN-DUPREDECEMBER 22, 2014 / 10:43 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BENJY THE GAY BULL ARRIV AT ANIMAL SANCTUARY, FDS POSSIBLE BOYIEND","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-22T15:43:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-22T15:43:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOE EHRMAN-DUPRE","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWG THE SAGA OF BENJY THE GAY BULL FOR A UPLE OF MONTHS NOW: A BULL OM IRELAND WAS NEARLY SENT TO THE SLGHTERHOE BEE HE WAS MORE TERTED THE OTHER MAL ON THE FARM AND WOULDN'T BREED WH ANY WS. AFTER A CROWDSOURCG MPAIGN—AND A DONATN OM SIMPSONS -CREATOR SAM SIMON—BENJY WAS SAVED AND SENT TO HILLSI ANIMAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BENJY'S SETTLG TO HIS NEW HOME AND THOUGH THE SANCTUARY REQUIR S ANIMALS TO BE SPAYED AND NTERED UPON ARRIVAL, HE'S EVEN MET A NEW POSSIBLE LOVE TERT, A ONE-YEAR-OLD BULLOCK NAMED ALEX. OF URSE 'LL BE A BRIEF AFFAIR AS BENJY, LIKE ALL RINTS AT HILLSI, WILL SOON BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FACEBOOK POST ON THE SANCTUARY'S PAGE TAILED BENJY'S FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(FUNCTN(D, S, ID) { VAR JS, FJS = D.GETELEMENTSBYTAGNAME(S)[0]; IF (D.GETELEMENTBYID(ID)) RETURN; JS = D.CREATEELEMENT(S); = ID; = "//"; SERTBEFORE(JS, FJS); }(DOCUMENT, 'SCRIPT', 'FACEBOOK-JSSDK'));{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// ]]>{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Benjy, the gay bull, began the journey to his new home today. * benjy gay bull *
But thanks to animal rights activists and The Simpsons creator Sam Simon, Benjy the gay bull was saved the cutt gay animal rights story you've ever Benjy had spent some time around the herd, the farmer found that none of them were rryg lv.
"At first I didn’t take serly that the bull uld be gay, but after seekg advice I know this n happen, " he told Irish Daily farmer, who has not been intified by name the prs, told Irish Daily Mail last week that bee Benjy was "too old to strate" and raise for nsumptn, he would go to the factory.
Benjy's imment ath ed an ternatnal stir: Onle magaze TheGayUK teamed up wh Ireland's Animal Rights Actn Network to raise enough funs to transport Benjy and safely hoe him at an animal sanctuary.
BENJY THE GAY BULL HAS BEEN SAVED!
'All animals have a dire sty the meat tra, but to kill this bull bee he's gay would've been a double tragedy.' * benjy gay bull *
For him, Benjy's e went beyond the normal horror of the animals have a dire sty the meat tra, but to kill this bull bee he's gay would've been a double tragedy.
Yay for bg animal and gay rights to one e! I n't wa for the day when a gay bull isn't news, but until then, ngratulatns to Benjy. He isn’t gay.
In rponse, Irish animal protectn group ARAN teamed up wh TheGayUK magaze to create a crowdfundg page to save Benjy's life and Universy of Leeds stunt Charlie Smh has also created a siar ‘lifele’ petn.
BENJY THE GAY IRISH BULL MAY LIKE WS AFTER ALL
A Co Mayo bull facg slghter for beg gay has been saved by a Hollywood producer. * benjy gay bull *
“Benjy me to bee somebody thought he was gay, ” Valente said.
Wh no ws pregnant Joe’s gay bull had to be replaced and the only way to reup the price of a stly non-workg bull was via the slghterhoe. Ltle did Joe and Joanna know that this quirky ltle article would go viral wh a few days and rult a global mpaign to try to save Benjy the gay bull om the butcher.
The story was a quirky one that ught the ey of many but also raised the qutn – n animals really be gay? The Documentary on One sets out to fd out what happened to Benjy the gay bull and to see if the celebry Charolais is still alive. For more rmatn about Hillsi Animal Sanctuary, please click here and about TheGayUK, please click here.
FIRST VIO OF BENJY 'THE GAY BULL' AS HE BEGS JOURNEY TO NEW HOME
Sce first broadst, Benjy The Ltle Gay Bull has been shortlisted the top three of the 2019 Lovie Awards and received a Falist Certifite at the 2020 New York Ftivals Rad Awards. Benjy, the gay bull, began the journey to his new home today.
BENJY THE LTLE GAY BULL
A Co Mayo bull facg slghter for beg gay has been saved by a Hollywood producer.
"All animals have a dire sty the meat tra, but to kill this bull bee he's gay would've been a double tragedy.
But Benjy, the gay bull of Ireland, has been saved followg a worldwi appeal backed by The Simpsons -creator Sam Simon.
HAS BENJY THE GAY BULL FOUND NEW LOVE?
But Benjy, the gay bull of Ireland, has been saved followg a worldwi appeal backed by "The Simpsons" -creator Sam Simon. "All animals have a dire sty the meat tra, but to kill this bull bee he's gay would've been a double tragedy, " Simon said a statement.