Yes thanks for the update Geoff. Glad he has survived to run another day. I was a couple of mins behind him in the race and feel bad for not seeing there was a problem (in race mode!) Thanks also to contributions to this thread, I now have a new policy when it comes to cows- stay as far away as possible!Originally Posted by GeoffB
As a kid I spent all of my holidays on my uncle's farm so I am well used to farm animals. For those of you who know New Mills and Mellor/Cobden Cross there is a herd of yearlings (1 yr old cattle) in the field below the cross. They are completely mad. They went bonkers around me on Saturday morning but I just ignored them and let them do their thing. Then I read about Simon and the same thing tonight. This time I was downright worried that one of them would go too far and run into me. I had to stop running and walk gently right through the middle of them!!
I remember seeing cows on the last bit of Sundays run and thinking there's no way I'm running near them!
I thought it was a cow not a bull. Is this another example of the rule that says "if you have knowledge of something that is then reported in the media, at least one important aspect of the news article is always wrong"
there is a new electric fence up now, keeping the herd on the other side of the stream, away from the path (guessing its a result of simon's do, although the herd's always been feisty ie; I bet this isn't the only incident)
Did anyone watch countryfile? Apparently cattle attacks are not a rarity.
37 farmworkers have been killed in the last 10 years by cattle or so they said, with injuries many times more frequent than that. The problem is the lack of properly collected statistics, so that "causes" are only anecdotal.
One breed has got media attention because of their attempt to grade and breed in "docile behaviour" - which is being taken by implication as that breed is more dangerous.
Seems to me to similar to the non sequitur false argument about cycling. Because athletics/ cycling has caught more cheats, it is ergo assumed a dirtier sport, which at least in part is because they are actually trying to catch them, unlike sports like american football, baseball etc as the "a rod" affair proves.! ie the breed they are trying to make more docile is probably no more dangerous, just because they are breeding to make it less so!
Also - apparently cow attacks are three times more likely than bull. although of course , bulls can still be far more dangerous, but very few bulls are put on land with public access - which inevitably distorts statistics in favour of cows
Last edited by alwaysinjured; 27-05-2014 at 03:10 PM.
Yep I saw it.
My youth spent on a farm probably led to none of it being a suprise. Known a couple of people who had been gored (by Cows not Bulls), one of whom lost an arm in the process. I'm often suprised at the lack of respect some people show cattle, charging straight throught waving and shouting their arms. I've seen that done with heavily pregnant cattle too.
I did ask myself, "WTF where you doing with the tennis ball/dog/cows combo"
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