A meter reader was expected to leave the hospital Thursday after surviving an attack by two bulls near Moses Lake, Wash.

A Grant County Public Utility District employee was hospitalized after she was gored by a bull Dec. 7, according to the county sheriff’s office.

The 54-year-old woman attempted to read a meter near Moses Lake, Wash., when she was attacked by two bulls, according to a sheriff’s spokesman.

A neighbor rescued the victim, shooting and wounding both bulls to protect her. The neighbor helped the injured woman into his home and started first aid, said Kyle Foreman, public information officer for the sheriff’s office.

“The citizen’s actions would certainly be appropriate when trying to help save that person’s life when being attacked by the two bulls,” Foreman said. “Once the bulls were shot, they backed off and the neighbor was able to go in.”

Sheriff’s animal control officers euthanized the bulls.

The victim had a severe leg wound. She was transported by ambulance to Samaritan Healthcare in Moses Lake.

According to the animal control officer’s report, the bulls’ owner will not face charges, Foreman said.

The case is closed, with the possibility of re-opening it later if necessary, Foreman said.

The value of the bulls is not known. One bull was a Guernsey. Both were dairy bulls, Foreman said.

Foreman called the situation “unusual.” The Moses Lake Fire Department responded to a public safety call “many years ago” in which a person had been injured by a bull.