A Russell-area farmer was saved from worse injury by a neighbor who chased away a bull that was mauling the man.

“My buddy Tucker Stutzman from Canton/Russell area saved his neighbor’s life from a raging bull last week,” Lucas Manning of Canton tells us.

Ricky Moore was being tossed around by the hornless bull at about 6 a.m. when neighbors Tucker and Jenna Stutzman’s on West Road between Canton and Russell heard and then saw what was happening.

“Tucker and Jenna were both getting ready for their jobs when they heard Moore yelling ‘Get back!’ and ‘Help!,’” Manning said.

“Jenna asked Tucker to see what was going on outside and when he opened his front door he saw his farmer neighbor Ricky Moore getting tossed around like a rag doll way across the road in a cow field.

“Tucker Ran out the front door jumped two barbed wire fences and confronted the 1500-pound plus angry bull that was in the process of killing his owner.

“Once in front of the bull Tucker shouted and tried to divert the bull’s attention away from the now-unconscious man but was unable to stop it from mauling Mr. Moore. Tucker then grabbed a stick and hit the bull two or three times, and that is when the bull stopped its assault on Mr. Moore,” Manning said.

Tucker carried him to safety and Jenna, registered nurse from Canton-Potsdam Hospital, knew he needed medical attention than she could provide.

Moore first went to Canton-Potsdam Hospital but was transferred to Syracuse. He had 14 cracked or broken ribs, he was urinating blood due to the beating on his liver and kidneys, many cuts and bruises, and maybe more injuries.

“But he is home now,” Manning said.

“Without the quick, heroic actions from Jenna and Tucker we would be reading about a local farmer getting mauled to death by a enraged bull.”