Monday 10 October 2011

"Moody cows go on the attack"

From the NZ Herald:

Two frenzied cow attacks have sparked calls to take care around the hormonal beasts during calving season.

A 64-year-old man was yesterday pinned to the ground, stomped and headbutted by a cow on a Coromandel farm, just two hours after a 47-year-old woman was attacked by a cow on a Dannevirke dairy farm.

Both were flown to hospital for treatment...


See also TwinCities.com:

Farmer David Ferwerda may have dug pythons out of warthog holes and escaped elephant herds in Africa, but it was a pregnant Black Angus cow that would leave him on the operating table.

Ferwerda, a globe-trotting game hunter, credited his loyal Australian cattle dog Hannah with saving his life after the Angus attacked him March 14.

"She's an exceptionally good dog," he said. "She never takes her eyes off me. If it wasn't for the dog, I would never have gotten out of that barnyard."

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