Cows attack dog walker in field

[Mr.Sam]

strange...

A Sussex policeman has been discharged from hospital after an attack by about 50 cows left him with four broken ribs and a punctured lung. Insp Chris Poole, 50, said the cattle repeatedly butted and stamped on him when he was out walking his dog on the South Downs earlier this month.
The officer, from Brighton, said he was crossing a field along a footpath.
One cow butted him in the back, forcing him to the ground, before the others joined in, he recalled.
Mr Poole said he managed to escape when his Golden Retriever, called Zak, fled, distracting the cows.
He was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital by air ambulance after attracting the attention of another dog walker.


He suffered bruising from his thigh to his shoulder, and faced a life-threatening situation three days later when one of his broken ribs severed an artery.
Mr Poole, who spent 11 days in hospital, said he wanted to warn other walkers to give cows a wide berth.
"It was unlucky the cows attacked... it is very rare but obviously it can happen," he said.
The RSPCA said cows could become protective of their young to the point of becoming aggressive, especially if a large dog was nearby.





http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7068364.stm

[jesus]

omg lol gutted

[Firehorse]

good find +rep.

Made me think of that horror film about human eating sheep.

[Jamie.]

Lol That was a good read +rep

[the wombats]

you think that's weird?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...290768,00.html

a man got shot by his dog.

[Mr.Sam]

postedddd

you think that's weird?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...290768,00.html

a man got shot by his dog.

[You]

Nice find

[lAdmire]

That's horrible. Cows are vicious. He's lucky to be alive. I'm surprised he is alive!

[mat64]

Cows are very intimidating, I once walked through a field of them when I was about 11 when I went on a trip with my school for a week. They were over in the far end of the field then within about a minute of them seeing us enter the field they were straight up in our faces. They are very big animals and as I said very intimidating, I guess we were lucky they didn't try anything on like this with us.

[@xP]

wow.

sounds painfull.