Monday 21 November 2011

"Fayette Co. woman killed by cow"

Spotted by Dearieme at kvue.com:

Erwin Mendel, 79, said he and his wife were trying to give medicine to a sick cow, when it was startled by nearby dogs. Authorities say the cow became agitated and pinned Irene Mendel, 79, against the fence. It then "head-butted" her several times.

I ended up watching 'Countryfile' yesterday afternoon on BBC1, they had a feature about the relatively poor health and safety record in farming. They reported that there are lots of cattle-related injuries and that this year, there have been six fatalities in the UK. Was it really as many as six? Did I give them all a mention?

The programme is still available on iPlayer, scroll about forty minutes in.

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