Nothing else to say other than it’s I credibly sad and sorry for everyone’s loss.
Such a normal person thing to do and you hear statistics, just never think it will happen to you.
RIP
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mr-seamus on
Tragic but I find it difficult to fathom that people still walk their dogs through fields of cows. Every year we hear similar stories like this.
Cows are especially dangerous if they have young with them.
pissflapgrease on
Cows will fuck you up! Especially if there is a calf about
KeyLog256 on
Been laughed at for pointing out how dangerous cows are on Reddit. A mate was pissed off I abandoned a walk and turned back (no other way around) because I refused to walk through a field of cows. It was cows, with calves on one side, and an unfenced river on the other. Not a chance.
When I was a kid my mate lived on a farm and his dad basically turned a blind eye to all sorts of mad and stupid shit we did. But we were severely told off by him (with my dad present too as my mate’s dad had popped round to our’s first to tell him) when we went into the cow field despite being told not to. We stuck to the edge, we weren’t totally stupid and were worried about the previous warning, but he told us they could have simply pinned us against the hedge.
GonzohunterHST on
Cows kill the most people in the UK out of any animal outside of vicious dogs and people still think they’re fine to take photos of.
Vast_Initiative_3807 on
There is an area near me that is quite a popular footpath and is actively advertised quite heavily locally that has grazing cows. I presume that they are highly unlikely to attack if no young are nearby? There are never calves there
Draeiou on
just a reminder every year there are more deaths from cows than sharks
Odd-Loan-5704 on
Tragic. Not that makes a difference, but what a beautiful looking girl.
I nearly met the same fate in the summer while on holiday in Northumberland. They initially ran away round the perimeter of the field only to come back and basically corner me. I climbed a barbed wire fence to get out. Don’t think they even had any calves but definitely wasn’t risking trying to chase them off.
Xenozip3371Alpha on
It’s the opposite of Bruce’s rules in Finding Nemo.
Cows are food, not friends.
squirrel-rebellion on
A local rumour was that some kids had been hassling the herd and this made them more protective than usual. She was on a path through the fields over towards the next village and used regularly (including by dog walkers).
sookmaaroot on
I was cycling home once behind some cows who came out of an open gate and were heading to another field and before I knew it I was in the middle of about a hundred of them as more came out behind me…. I just kept the same speed as them and hoped to god none of them got spooked….
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I think it really depends on the season and whether it’s cows in the field or male bulls.
I went for a walk in the evening fog back in Wales, a few years back. Jumped a style, been here before etc, couldn’t see much in the distance but was mostly daydreaming.
All i heard was a low rumble, and some blurry shapes in the distance, then I realized what’s up and just bolted riiight back to that style and hopped it.
I turned around and it’s a viewing gallery of super curious cows, out of breath.
They’re not angry, but I think a lot of them are super curious and if they’re in a herd then that’s game over, curiosity turns into ILL RACE YOU TO IT.
If the visibility is really low, I think that aggravates them a little more. Otherwise it’s pretty easy walking through a field of cows.
Donkeybreadth on
< thought it was a “relatively brief incident involving one cow”
Killed by one cow!? Just tell it to fuck off.
scotswaehey on
If you have to go into a field with cows walk around the edges and not straight through the middle of the field that way you have half a chance of jumping a fence before the cows get to you.
A cow with a calf is way more dangerous than any bull!
harrietfurther on
That’s truly horrible, how awful for her family to go looking and discover her like that.
I get extremely nervous walking on paths through fields with cattle, I don’t really understand how it can still be considered a public right of way if it goes through land with potentially dangerous animals in it. I get that it’s a pain in the arse for farmers too but what’s the solution, should we just not go walking in case halfway along your route you find yourself having to walk past cattle?
SkynBonce on
So what do you do, if, you happen to find yourself in a field of angry cows?
Run? Play it cool and not react? Make loud noises and wave your arms?
ogb333 on
That’s a horrible way of saying she was talking selfies!
Lord_Natcho on
Cows are the most dangerous animal in *Australia* .
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Nothing else to say other than it’s I credibly sad and sorry for everyone’s loss.
Such a normal person thing to do and you hear statistics, just never think it will happen to you.
RIP
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Tragic but I find it difficult to fathom that people still walk their dogs through fields of cows. Every year we hear similar stories like this.
Cows are especially dangerous if they have young with them.
Cows will fuck you up! Especially if there is a calf about
Been laughed at for pointing out how dangerous cows are on Reddit. A mate was pissed off I abandoned a walk and turned back (no other way around) because I refused to walk through a field of cows. It was cows, with calves on one side, and an unfenced river on the other. Not a chance.
When I was a kid my mate lived on a farm and his dad basically turned a blind eye to all sorts of mad and stupid shit we did. But we were severely told off by him (with my dad present too as my mate’s dad had popped round to our’s first to tell him) when we went into the cow field despite being told not to. We stuck to the edge, we weren’t totally stupid and were worried about the previous warning, but he told us they could have simply pinned us against the hedge.
Cows kill the most people in the UK out of any animal outside of vicious dogs and people still think they’re fine to take photos of.
There is an area near me that is quite a popular footpath and is actively advertised quite heavily locally that has grazing cows. I presume that they are highly unlikely to attack if no young are nearby? There are never calves there
just a reminder every year there are more deaths from cows than sharks
Tragic. Not that makes a difference, but what a beautiful looking girl.
I nearly met the same fate in the summer while on holiday in Northumberland. They initially ran away round the perimeter of the field only to come back and basically corner me. I climbed a barbed wire fence to get out. Don’t think they even had any calves but definitely wasn’t risking trying to chase them off.
It’s the opposite of Bruce’s rules in Finding Nemo.
Cows are food, not friends.
A local rumour was that some kids had been hassling the herd and this made them more protective than usual. She was on a path through the fields over towards the next village and used regularly (including by dog walkers).
I was cycling home once behind some cows who came out of an open gate and were heading to another field and before I knew it I was in the middle of about a hundred of them as more came out behind me…. I just kept the same speed as them and hoped to god none of them got spooked….
I think it really depends on the season and whether it’s cows in the field or male bulls.
I went for a walk in the evening fog back in Wales, a few years back. Jumped a style, been here before etc, couldn’t see much in the distance but was mostly daydreaming.
All i heard was a low rumble, and some blurry shapes in the distance, then I realized what’s up and just bolted riiight back to that style and hopped it.
I turned around and it’s a viewing gallery of super curious cows, out of breath.
They’re not angry, but I think a lot of them are super curious and if they’re in a herd then that’s game over, curiosity turns into ILL RACE YOU TO IT.
If the visibility is really low, I think that aggravates them a little more. Otherwise it’s pretty easy walking through a field of cows.
< thought it was a “relatively brief incident involving one cow”
Killed by one cow!? Just tell it to fuck off.
If you have to go into a field with cows walk around the edges and not straight through the middle of the field that way you have half a chance of jumping a fence before the cows get to you.
A cow with a calf is way more dangerous than any bull!
That’s truly horrible, how awful for her family to go looking and discover her like that.
I get extremely nervous walking on paths through fields with cattle, I don’t really understand how it can still be considered a public right of way if it goes through land with potentially dangerous animals in it. I get that it’s a pain in the arse for farmers too but what’s the solution, should we just not go walking in case halfway along your route you find yourself having to walk past cattle?
So what do you do, if, you happen to find yourself in a field of angry cows?
Run? Play it cool and not react? Make loud noises and wave your arms?
That’s a horrible way of saying she was talking selfies!
Cows are the most dangerous animal in *Australia* .
That tells you all you need to know.