Woman Seriously Injured by a Herd of Cows

This time of year you have to be particularly careful walking through a herd of cows. They protect their calves by chasing people and can trample you!

I have that picture in my head now and can't get it out T

I've walked through many a field with cows and never had any problems. However dogs can spook cows and of course are a huge killer of sheep and other small animals including calves. About 30,000 people are killed by dogs per year and I'm sure many 10s of thousands more of other animals. Rabies from dogs is the biggest killer though to humans with attacks by dogs spreading rabies which we don't get here in the UK. I assumed a dog would be involved even before clicking the link and sure enough a dog featured in the news report. Cows have a fear of dogs and many dogs bark and get hyper active around cows but even a placid dog might spook a cow as they recognise it as a predator and something to run from. Sheep can be terrified by dogs too and of course many have been killed by dogs.

The responsible thing if you have a dog is not to take it near cows especially if you haven't got good control of the dog and it does it's own thing.

I've been approached by a cow and spent five minutes rubbing its head they are really gentle creatures (not bulls) but of course there is a lot of weight there if spooked. I speak very softly and walk very carefully around them and keep as much distance as possible between them.

The dog in that article is not small. It looks like a Rottweiler cross. Maybe the advice should be simply don't take your dog near to cows rather than have it on a short lead. I don't see how a short lead would help. If the cows have calves about and see a predator dog I don't see how a short lead would reduce the risk of the cows stampeding. Also if someone walks a dog close to cows and puts them on a heightened sense of alert and someone without dogs then comes by they are put at risk too. I just think cows and dogs don't mix especially when there are calves about.

Your experience is hilarious, l only wish you had a film of it lol. As for the woman who got trampled l am sorry for her injuries but she should have taken into account that if it was calfing time well they can be complete and udder cows when it comes to protecting their babies.

Most people don't realise cows are dangerous. They are herd animals and weight tons. People demand right of way on paths over fields but don't understand why a farmer doesn't want this to happen. It's to protect both the animals and those walking

I wonder why cows have become such killers as children we used to play in fields with cows and other animals without any problems maybee they are too intensively farmed it is somehing that needs looking into as it is on the increase according to the press and farming journals.

Cows are evil in my opinion. Walking on a footpath some years ago we were chased to the stile to get over a wall, the cows plotted with each other and turned around and ran through an alternative field to meet us at the other side of the stile. We had no dogs and there were no calves present. I never never walk near cows anymore.

They are very big and powerful animals,it's a miracle that it does not happen a lot more, especially when they are sometimes very badly treated and always having their calves taken away from them only 24 hours after birth!

Cows are pretty big and strong so this can happen, i’m always a little nervous when in a field with them

Our local MP Lord David Blunkett was injured back in 2009 out walking in Derbyshire with his guide dog Sadie & his son..

David was lucky as a week earlier l retired Professor Michael Porter had lost his life when walking with his wife, brother & 2 dogs..

There was 4 attacks that year involving cows..