For Alberta MLA Leila Ayer, jumping in to save a trampled rodeo-goer from a rampaging bull on Saturday was all about motherly instinct.
“I literally haven’t thought about it. I guess it’s motherhood,” the United Conservative Party leadership candidate said on Monday.
“I just jumped in front of the bull and tried to distract him.
The incident occurred during the bull run at the Strathmore Stampede. The event has been a tradition since 2003.
On Saturday, a male participant was attacked and mauled by a bull. The animal then pinned the man to the ground, at which point Ahir jumped over the fence to help.
The incident was captured on video and posted on social networks.
WATCH | MLA Leela Aheer, seen wearing a white cowboy hat, red shirt and jeans, jumps to help after a man is brutally kicked and turned over during the bullfight:
MLA Leela Aheer jumps after a man trampled by a bull
On Saturday, a participant in the Strathmore Stampede bullfight was arrested and mauled by a bull, at which point MLA Leela Aheer jumped over the fence to help.
Aheer said he feared for the young man’s life and that the jump over the fence happened in slow motion. The video shows her trying to push the bull away.
“It was like trying to push a car,” she said.
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Soon others joined in and Ahir was able to help the man get safely over the fence.
“He had a lot of scratches and scrapes. But he’s a farm kid and he ducked under the bull so he couldn’t be gored,” she said.
“There was no penetration from the horns and he was actually in the cabaret that night. And the bull is fine too.’
Ahir said she grew up in rural Alberta and spent a lot of time on farms, but this was her first encounter with a raging bull.
Aheer is currently running for the UCP leadership after announcing his campaign in early June.
She represents the riding of Chestermere-Strathmore and was first elected in 2015.
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