Spotted (independently) by Pavlov's Cat and JuliaM in The Telegraph:
Margaret Wrathall, 74, was herding cattle at her Northamptonshire farm when a bull broke loose from the pack and charged at her. The crazed bullock knocked Margaret over then brutally ''savaged'' her as she lay unconscious on the ground.
Tragic Margaret was flown by air ambulance to Walsgrave Hospital, in Coventry, shortly after 5pm on Tuesday, but she died from severe head injuries...
Ian Barnett, a villager and chair of the church council, said: ''A bullock was being loaded up onto a vehicle but it broke free and charged at her. It knocked her for six then savaged her on her the ground as bullocks do. It was an unpleasant incident...
The way he ended that sentence with the throwaway remark "as bullocks do" perturbs me greatly. And "unpleasant" is not the first adjective that springs to mind either. Please note this was not a traditional 'cow protecting calf attacking dog owner' type attack (although why the protective cows attack the dog owner rather than the dog is yet to be explained).
Saturday, 4 September 2010
"Church warden, 74, gored to death by bullock in 'savage' farm attack"
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The way he ended that sentence with the throwaway remark "as bullocks do" perturbs me greatly. And "unpleasant" is not the first adjective that springs to mind either.
Puts me in mind of the two farmers' wives from French & Saunders where one is always having some kind of horrendous accident like lopping off a digit or limb and brushing it all off as something they're entirely used to in "the countryside" and not to bother with a doctor or ambulance.
Serves 'em right.
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