From yesterday's Evening Standard:
A herd of cows was rescued after escaping from a field and wandering onto the M25. Nine firefighters, an animal rescue crew, police and the Highways Agency were called to the scene near the Godstone interchange at junction six, just before 1.45am.
Police closed the motorway for almost 30 minutes to remove the 20 friesians. “It was fortunate no one was injured,” said a fire spokesman.
Epic fail!
From The Telegraph, 26 May 2009:
Two bulls and a heifer broke free and strayed onto the motorway after the horse box they were being transported in overturned on the anticlockwise carriageway.
Police and Highways Agency traffic officers rushed to the scene between junctions 5 and 6 near Sevenoaks, Surrey, and closed the road in both directions at 7pm on Monday... The road was reopened at 9.40pm.
Three head of cattle shutting down the motorway for 2 hours 40 minutes in the evening is a far greater achievement than twenty of them shutting it down for half and hour in the middle of the night.
Huw Edwards, a lucky man in many respects
7 hours ago
4 comments:
They've switched from violence to economic warfare. I wonder what their next move is?
Good thing they were Friesians.
VFTS: "They've switched from violence to economic warfare."
How do you mean 'switched'? They've tried large scale economic warfare (mad cow disease, foot and mouth) but realised that it was a 'hiding' to nothing. The very existence of cows depends on them being economically viable.
JH, yes, it must have been cold at 1.45 in the morning.
Clearly LVT should be doubled - or more - for anyone keeping cows on their land so as to discourage this bovine scourge on our society.
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