Dashcam footage shows the officers using their patrol vehicles to steer the one ton bison off the road and back to his farm near the city of Round Rock . As they beep their horns the animal , named Big Boy , continues to run along the sidewalk . The video was released by a local news station on Tuesday after being requested by an activist group called Texas Equusearch who said it showed that police were not only violating the law but also endangering public Despite the detour , the buffalo made it home safely free of injury .
Dashcam footage shows the officers using their patrol vehicles to steer the one ton bison off the road and back to his farm near the city of Round Rock . As they beep their horns the animal , named Big Boy , continues to run along the sidewalk . However , at one point he veers in front of the police car and on to the other side of the road . Despite the detour , the buffalo made it home safely free of injury .