Cattle news

Via JuliaM from Chronicle Live:

Police shot dead an escaped cow following a massive operation involving armed officers and a helicopter.

The beast was one of three to escape from a farm in Wallsend yesterday afternoon. Northumbria Police deployed marksmen, aerial support and, eyewitnesses said, 15 to 20 cars, closing roads in a bid to keep the animals off the busy A1058 Coast Road...

Glorious article, worth reading in full. Keystone Cops.

From The Daily Mail:

A hiker enjoying one of the most beautiful national parks in the French Alps was gorged to death by a bull in front of his terrified wife, it has emerged.

The horrific killing took place close to the idyllic mountain village of Reallon as the unnamed 59-year-old victim was enjoying a Sunday morning stroll.

As he and his wife crossed a field full of cows in the Ecrins National Park, in south east France, the bull came charging towards them...

Gruesome, gruesome article. Read at your peril.