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I'm just hoping the farmer will see the Silverside of this cloud, but I hope someone braised the issue with regards to proving better protection for cattle in the future.

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Why hasn't Meenzer joined in?

 

You know it's Freemartin?

 

:D

 

 

(...he is called Martin isn't he?) <_<

I contemplated it but decided I didn't want to brisket.

 

Cattle got your tongue?

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I'm just hoping the farmer will see the Silverside of this cloud, but I hope someone braised the issue with regards to proving better protection for cattle in the future.

 

No doubt there's a form for this and he can fillet in.

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I'm just hoping the farmer will see the Silverside of this cloud, but I hope someone braised the issue with regards to proving better protection for cattle in the future.

 

No doubt there's a form for this and he can fillet in.

 

There is, if he goes to the Post office, it's on the Topside of the stack beside the Passport(erhouse steak) <_<

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I'm just hoping the farmer will see the Silverside of this cloud, but I hope someone braised the issue with regards to proving better protection for cattle in the future.

 

No doubt there's a form for this and he can fillet in.

 

There is, if he goes to the Post office, it's on the Topside of the stack beside the Passport(erhouse steak) :D

 

Good God <_<

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Firefighters free upside-down cow

 

A cow was freed by firefighters after it became trapped upside-down between two walls.

 

The animal had jumped over a fence and became stuck between a garage and outer wall in Hollygate Road, Dalton-in-Furness, on Monday afternoon.

 

Firefighters attached rescue harnesses and dislodged the animal by using a mobile digger as a small crane.

 

It is believed the cow had been unsettled by a vehicle being used in the farmer's field.

 

Barrow station manager Roger Exley, of Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The cow had become quite anxious and decided to take after the farmer's vehicle.

 

"It approached quite a high-sided wall and fence, managed somehow to straddle that fence and ended up in a two-foot wide ditch - basically trapping itself upside down between two walls."

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Not a cow but stil...

 

THIS baby elephant suffered a trunkful of trouble when it fell through the manhole of a drainage ditch.

 

The beast kicked up a right stink after it slipped through the narrow opening in eastern Thailand.

 

The accident happened as the elephant's owner took it out on the street to work.

 

A team of rescuers took THREE HOURS to release the animal which escaped from the ordeal unharmed.

 

Bulldozers were used to widen the drain's hole, before the baby jumbo was lifted out.

 

Luckily the rescuers were up to the draining tusk.

 

Trapped-Elephant_68_863744a.jpg

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A COW had to be shot dead yesterday after going on the rampage in a school - as a farmer became the fourth person trampled to death this summer.

 

The beast charged a cop and a woman with a baby after fleeing an abattoir-bound trailer.

 

 

Kids looked on in horror as armed officers fired 12 shots at the animal - before slitting its throat.

 

 

The cow had run through streets and a playing field in Stockton-on-Tees.

 

 

Chief Insp Ted Allen gave orders to shoot. He said: "Our top concern was public safety. It took longer to kill than expected due to wind speed and gun type. Several head shots had no impact so we had to finish it off."

 

 

Witness Starr Wilson, 14, said: "There was blood all over the walls of the school. I was quite shaken up."

 

 

The shocking incident came as farmer Harold Lee, 75, died of head and chest injuries in a Bristol hospital yesterday a week after being trampled by his own herd. He was trying to calm them after they were startled by a fire engine's siren in Burtle, Somerset.

 

 

"Devastated" son Richard, 45, blamed the fire crew. Police are investigating.

 

Farmers warned people to take extra care after three dog walkers were killed by cows in a month.

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They're getting their own back :lol:

 

Walkers warned over cow dangers

 

Farmer Ed Rees, of NFU Cymru, gives advice on how to avoid cows

stampeding.

Farming unions have warned walkers, especially those with dogs,

to be aware of the dangers posed by cows with calves.

Three people have died in as many months and others have been injured.

They include the former Home Secretary David Blunkett who was trampled while

walking with his guide dog.

Farmers are becoming increasingly worried and say walkers should be aware

that cattle are naturally protective towards calves and can attack dogs.

Three walkers have died in the past three months alone.

The former Home Secretary David Blunkett was trampled earlier this year as he

was out walking with his guide dog Sadie in the Peak District.

 

 

David Blunkett: 'The next thing I knew the cow had hit me.'

The Sheffield MP let Sadie go and she ran to safety.

He suffered three broken ribs and bruising.

"It made me realise how serious this can be and I've had literally scores of

letters from people injured or relatives of people who have been injured or even

killed," said Mr Blunkett.

The farming unions say walkers who feel threatened by cattle should always

let their dog off the lead.

They say they want people to enjoy the countryside but be aware of the

dangers.

Ed Rees, chairman of the livestock board at the National Farmers' Union Cymru

(NFU), said it was natural that cows would protect their calves.

"Initially when you're walking with a dog, keep it on a lead in case you

encounter sheep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO AVOID CATTLE DANGERS

 

Don't be afraid of them but be mindful they are protective of

their young

If you feel threatened let your dog off the lead

Take a walking stick with you

Be bold and walk straight through them

Source: NFU Cymru

 

 

Why do cows attack?

Have your say: Have you ever been attacked by a cow?

"But if it's cattle, and if they come towards you, let the dog go as they'll

see the dog as the enemy and if you're seen as trying to protect your dog, you

may be in trouble.

"Just take a walking stick with you - be bold and walk straight through them.

These animals are just protecting themselves and they see the dog as a threat to

themselves and their calves."

Mr Rees said it was tragic when the trampling incidents occurred but they

were still very rare.

Farmer Harold Lee, 75, from Somerset died in hospital earlier this month

after being trampled after his herd were apparently startled by a fire engine

siren.

 

 

 

A walker, Anita Hinchey, 63, was trampled to death in July by cows when she

tried to rescue her dog which ran into the herd near Cardiff.

In June, 49-year-old vet Liz Crowsley was trampled to death by a herd of

cattle while walking the Pennine Way with her two dogs.

Before the latest incidents, Health and Safety Executive figures showed that

18 people had been killed and 481 injured by cows in the previous eight

years.

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