Being chased by cows

[Peter Sarf]

Meanwhile, over in Poland...

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And there's a small herd now establishing in Kent.

Notice how they might actually be encircling the person filming !.

 

[Bantamzen]

Only time I've had issues with cows is when we I had a dog with me. The (very good) advice is to let the dog go as they will outrun the cows (especially on open land). However our dog was blind so was oblivious to the cows that had trotted down the hill and were gathering very close behind us. My companion kept the dog very close to him on a very short lead, whilst I acted as a 'rear gunner' to keep them at bay. A job made easier as I had walking poles with me. We were on open land, but they gave up after a couple of minutes.

Cows see dogs as much more of a threat to the herd than humans (little do they know!!). This will be even more engrained if the herd has had encounters with aggressive or overly exuberant dogs in the past, which sadly is often very likely. And of course once they are with calves their defensive instincts are heightened further with dogs around.

Personally I find horses far more worrisome, as a kid I once got chased by one right across a field on my way to school. It had something of a notorious reputation for disliking children, so after that I always kept an eye out for it and if it was too close to the path I'd take another route.

 

[Calthrop]

Meanwhile, over in Poland...

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And there's a small herd now establishing in Kent.

Impressive -- you'd never imagine that a hundred years ago, these creatures were virtually extinct in the wild.

 

[philthetube]

Bit different with wild animals. They are part of nature; cows are placed there by farmers.

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Cows, though, are not wild animals; they are placed there by humans, and there are good and bad places to put those cows which can act in a threatening manner (i.e. good places = not on a public right of way). I wouldn't be complaining if a path was impassable due to dangerous wild animals of some description. And I certainly believe we need to conserve our native species (note my comments about adders, above - I would much prefer there to be more adders, not less, even if it meant we had to watch where we step a bit more in certain environments they are fond of).

It is very difficult to find a KM square without a public footpath in it, excluding urban areas, the cows may be a little cramped in the fields available. ignoring deaths with dog owners there are very few incidents in the uk

 

[yorksrob]

The lesson of this story is that even cows can be in a bad moood ...