Ricardo the Texas Longhorn bull wakes up in animal sanctuary after sparking chaos for New Jersey commuters when he escaped slaughterhouse and ran across Newark Penn Station train tracks

Ricardo the Texas Longhorn bull was photographed waking up in an animal sanctuary after sparking chaos for commuters when he escaped a slaughterhouse and ran across Newark's Penn Station in New Jersey.

The bull was spotted running on the tracks at Newark's Penn Station Thursday morning, causing up to 45-minute disruptions for commuters. 

'Hello, Ricardo. You're looking better than you were a while ago, buddy,' Skylands founder Mike Stura said in a video shared on social media.

'Do you know who I am? I'm your new dad!' Stura said to the bull. 'You're good, buddy. You're safe now. Nobody is going to mess with you anymore.

After causing the chaos on Thursday, the bull was captured by police and sent to its new home, Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue in Wantage, New Jersey. 

 Footage from Penn Station showed baffled commuters on the platform watching the brown creature trot up and down the train tracks just before 11 am on Thursday. 

Sources later said the bull escaped from a local slaughterhouse in Newark and will live out the rest of his life at a local animal sanctuary, reported by WCBS.  

The large, copper-colored bull was named after one of the officers who helped get him to safety yesterday.

Stura posted a picture showing the bull in deep sleep after it was captured yesterday. 

The sanctuary's founder wrote: Safe, but heavily sedated. I hope he’s all right. He is moving around, but has not gotten up yet.' 

'Thank you all for the literally hundreds of calls to try and alert me to his situation,' Stura wrote. 

Hours later, the young longhorn woke up from tranquillizer as the animal sanctuary shared a video showing him resting in a bed of hay. 

Stura captioned the video: 'He has had a long, rough day of fighting for his life, luckily it has paid off.' 

In the video, Ricardo can be seen resting on hay with a yellow numbered tag dangling from his ear. 

Stura said the bull has been examined by the sanctuary’s veterinarian and 'hopefully, he will stand up soon.' 

The sanctuary encouraged people to 'do the right thing, go vegan.' 

The posts have garnered overwhelming reactions from social media users who were amazed by the beauty and courage of the bull. 

'He is one beautiful, majestic soul! Ricardo, you have hit the jackpot! Sending healing energy your way! Stay strong,' one person wrote. 

Another social media user said: 'So scared, running along the railroad tracks, running for his life. He is beautiful and is now ever people will care for him.'