From Isle of Man Today:
THE husband of a woman attacked by cows in Colby said the public must be told the animals can be dangerous or someone will die.
Jean-Michel Bazille said his wife Laura, a health visitor, was 'doing the right thing by walking in the right way on a public footpath'. He added: 'The farmer is doing the right thing by putting his cows in this field. So, a similar accident could happen again with more serious consequences?'
Mr Bazille gave an account of the terrifying ordeal experienced by Laura, 52, when she set out to walk their two dogs on the morning of May 1 and ended up in intensive care with six broken ribs, a punctured lung and extensive bruising...
'Something has to change,' he said. 'If the field has cows with calves grazing in it, notices should be put at the entrance to the field warning the public, especially those walking dogs, that cows can be dangerous. But it's quite irresponsible to have a situation like this. If in the past bulls had to be feared, cows have to be feared also, the public has to be told.
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Not to mention a good giraffe story....
She was a "health visitor" says the article.
Does this imply she was from NHS and her mentality goes directly to the idea of "banning", why cows must be banned next?
Look, these cows have run amuck for all too long and terrorized the righteous for centuries.
Second hand cows cause death.
Besides, cow gas leads to global warming, another good reason behind whoever's leading the charge to have these disgraceful excuses for the animal farm banned to press her issue.
The debate is over.
Cow milk is full of fat and is firmly behind the obesity epidemic ruining our nation.
Ultimately, it is the cows who must be banned, for the sake of our children.
Must be the global warming that's doing it? I feel a B movie approaching?
Julia, that giraffe story is quite something, local woman too, so not quite a 'dumb tourist' story. Giraffe are normally incredibly placid and timid, but a mother and calf involved... the female of the species etc. although the whole group will join in.
And they do have a phenomenal kick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxpKwl1jOug&feature=related
Strange that are people in this world who don't know that cows can be dangerous. Especially when they have calves. And even more so when you're dumb enough to take your dogs into a field of cows and their calves. Do these people not realise the sodding things weigh half a ton and can run a good deal faster than humans?
Still, the cows' reactions are the more understandable given that the woman was a health visitor. Cows aren't very bright (evidently, rather like health visitors) and they may have confused her with a social worker come to inspect their offspring.
Eh?
She took two dogs into a field where there were cows with calves, and somehow it's someone else's fault when she gets hurt?
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that when the cows charged, she picked up the dogs, or did something equally insane.
Any chance of a little personal responsibility here, at all?
Madam, you did something very stupid and bad stuff happened. It was your choice. Your responsibility. Your "fault" even, if I could use such a blunt term.
If you don't know that cows are dangerous, you shouldn't be allowed out, never mind in the country.
Well, thank goodness that's back.
JM, ta.
Anon, C, FT, WY, exactly. Their whole reaction was so staggeringly stupid it is beyond belief. Simple rule: rambler + dogs + cows + calves = risk of injury or death to humans. Why on earth should a farmer put up warning signs?
Mr B even fails to realise that cows have killed people, five last year and three so far this year (in the UK) AFAIAA.
You aren't going to like this.
I don't know if this one from July 2009 has been challenged. I fail to see why somebody voluntarily crossing a field of cows with calves when they have a terrier puppy with them should be compensated. The judge seems to have been overly-swayed by the injuries and presumably wanted to reduce the effects on the public who would otherwise have to pay for the woman's care.
WOAR, no I don't. Punchline: "The judge’s ruling is likely to force other farmers to keep cattle away from walkers, particularly when they have calves."
Humans can be dangerous. Should cows be allowed in their presence?
Ph, as the Anorak said, so far this year, humans have slaughtered millions of cows in order to eat them, and cows have only killed a handful of humans. But they do it for sport, so the 'fear factor' is on their side.
It's a bloody good job the coos never developed hands with an opposable thumb, and a mastery of fire.
Things could have been very different...
You seem to have missed the story of cows running amuck in Cambridge and jumping over a fence to terrorise people the more.As a child I saw an agitated cow jump a five-bar gate that must have kept the herd in for years and been designed aeons ago in the certain
knowledge that cows could n't get over it.But always they know they can just leave any time they want to.
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