How do you deal with cows

"All but one of the victims died from head or chest injuries; the last died after a cow knocked him down and a syringe in his pocket injected him with an antibiotic meant for the cow."


From the link above cow deaths

Drugs dont kill people, cows with drugs kill people!!
 
Azza said:
lol...cows & scary just don't go in the same sentence together.
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How little you know.
A farmer friend of mine ended up in hospital for 2 months because one of his cows turned on him and if it wasn't for his wife he would be dead.
It pushed him over and then started to stamp on him.
It happens quite often especially when they have calfs.
 
Just don't wear red if you see any with horns :p

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they wont harm you, if you start running away they will chase you, but if you stop, turn round and look at them they will stop and stand still.

Its abit like that game you used to play in the playground in primary school where you have to creep up to someone

This rule does not apply if there is a bull in the field.
 
i thought you jsut ignore them,

in the past I ahve seen people run away and the cows for what ever reason ran after them, only to stop when the people stopped running...

I'd have thought that running towrds them would be a bad idea, bulls as we know can charge, so its possible you could trigger that instinct in a cow and one may decide to charge you...

i'd keep away if there are baby moo moo's as the mother may decide to attack you...
 
Hoofed and dangerous: Britain's killer cows

By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Four people have been killed by cows already this summer

Four people have been trampled to death by cows in just over eight weeks this summer, prompting British farmers and the Ramblers Association to warn yesterday of the potential dangers.


Farmer killed by cows in front of his daughter

By Emma Bamford

Saturday, 3 April 2010

A farmer was tossed by a bull and trampled to death by his own cows in front of his daughter as they worked on the family farm.

John Leslie Ward, 67, was fastening identity tags on to calves on the farm in Ridgeway on the Sheffield-Derbyshire border when a bull attacked him, throwing him into the air. When he landed on the ground, a cow, whose calf the farmer was tagging, began stamping on him

Farmers issue warning after fatal cow attacks

LONDON (Reuters) - The deaths of no fewer than four people after being trampled by cows in the past two months has prompted Britain's main farming union to issue a warning about the dangers of provoking the normally docile animals. Cows can become aggressive and charge, especially when calves are present and walkers are accompanied by dogs, said the National Farmers Union (NFU).
 
Anyone who thinks an animal weighing 1000lbs+ and can run faster than you is nothing to be worried about needs to stay safe in their Cities and Towns.
 
markweatherill said:
First be sure you have a female cow and not a male cow.
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All cows are female, the male is a bull :p


I'd go for Cow dominoes, like Cow tipping but a chain reaction. Get a good enough run up and you might knock over 5 or 6. Not advisable if the young is present though. The mother cow will not be best pleased.


Failing that, If they are in your path, they tend to move away with a few whacks of a stick, doesn't hurt them so much as just annoy them. Don't beat them to death either, thats not particularly nice... Unless your hungry.
 
cows can be quite aggresive around dogs, so grab a larg stick and shout at them if they get too close
 
doofer said:
Anyone who thinks an animal weighing 1000lbs+ and can run faster than you is nothing to be worried about needs to stay safe in their Cities and Towns.
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Or they spent a large part of their life on a farm and around cows...;)
 
moon man said:
as title i find cows very scarey, you walk miles and miles on these footpaths enjoying the walk then the next field is full of menacing cows ,its udderly terrifying imho . are you supposed to run towards them waving your arms or just keep as far away as possible ,honestly this is a serious question as its spoiling my walks
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Maybe try urban walks or walking on a treadmill.
 
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