State Representative Adam Scanlon says he’s exploring measures to improve public safety regulations surrounding rodeos, including legislation regarding minimum operational standards like siting, oversight authority, and requiring notice to local animal control officers. Massachusetts currently has no laws or regulations related to rodeos.

Several bulls were on the loose in North Attleboro, Massachusetts Sunday afternoon after they escaped from a rodeo.

First responders in a Massachusetts city had to exercise some impromptu roundup skills when eight bulls escaped from a rodeo being held in the parking lot of a mall in North Attleboro on Sunday.