Thursday 30 July 2020

"Couple injured after being attacked by cow in the Yorkshire Dales"

Via @AmbushPredator, from The Yorkshire* Post:

The man and woman, aged in their 50s, were walking near Starbotton in Upper Wharfedale when the incident happened at 3pm on Wednesday. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance landed but was not needed and the couple were taken to hospital by road ambulance with cuts and bruises...

In May, an 82-year-old man from Lancashire was killed by cows when he and his wife, 78, were attacked by the herd while they were walking their dogs near Ribblehead Viaduct in the Dales. The woman was not seriously injured. The cattle had calves with them.

On July 19, a couple were 'trampled' by cows while walking through a field near Huggate in the Yorkshire Wolds. One had to be airlifted to hospital.


* Southerners please note, it is not pronounced York-sheer or York-shire, it is pronounced York-shuh, the emphasis in on the first syllable.

9 comments:

Bayard said...

"an 82-year-old man from Lancashire"

The cows haven't forgotten the Wars of the Roses, obviously.

Mark Wadsworth said...

B, tee hee.

Mark In Mayenne said...

Injured after being attacked? Injured during the attack, surely.

Derek said...

I was just waiting for the dogs to be mentioned.

And, yup, there they were!

Mark Wadsworth said...

MIM, nope.
1. they were injured (passive, something else did the injuring) during the attack.
2. they were injured (adjective, something had injured them in the recent past) after the attack.

D, one day, dog owners will learn this. They'll print it on tins and packets of dog food until it sinks in.

johnd2008 said...

I lived in the country and walked my dogs there for many years. The only trouble I had with cattle was occasionly a herd of young Bullocks would take an interest. I found an aggressive attitude and the odd sharp smack on their noses from my walking stick soon deterred them. Never attempt to run away, a sure way of getting into trouble.

Dr Evil said...

Herd immunity (from prosecution).

Lola said...

john2008. The farmer who has his cattle in the meadow below our house takes his dog into the filed with him to chat to his herd, and the cows don't worry about it. Maybe it's dogs and people they don't know that spooks them.

Mark Wadsworth said...

JD, glad to hear it, but maybe you were just lucky. It's not bullocks that are the problem, it is cows with young calves who are insanely protective.

DrE, tee hee.

L, that must be correct. Better the dog you know, and the dog probably knows how to behave among cattle.