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This incident, where cow ramming by car is concerned

certainly has raised the steaks in the debate

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

This incident, where cow ramming by car is concerned

certainly has raised the steaks in the debate

Presumably the officer in question will get a good grilling


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[Livia]

I regularly walk my dog and my kids through a herd of cows. They're gentle, inquisitive and if they're blocking the path you can gently urge them off. The only time they get a bit bad tempered is when they have new calves nearby. The treatment of this young cow by the police was totally unacceptable and I wonder whether someone who could do that should be in a position of power.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Livia

I regularly walk my dog and my kids through a herd of cows. They're gentle, inquisitive and if they're blocking the path you can gently urge them off. The only time they get a bit bad tempered is when they have new calves nearby. The treatment of this young cow by the police was totally unacceptable and I wonder whether someone who could do that should be in a position of power.

Perfect take on things !


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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

I regularly walk my dog and my kids through a herd of cows. They're gentle, inquisitive and if they're blocking the path you can gently urge them off. The only time they get a bit bad tempered is when they have new calves nearby. The treatment of this young cow by the police was totally unacceptable and I wonder whether someone who could do that should be in a position of power.

I grew up around cows (that sounds odd, but I did, I grew up in Ayrshire which is like 90% dairy farming land), spent my summers playing in the fields full of cows, had multiple "farming friends" (lots of farmer families at my primary school) and while it's true that cows are gentle, friendly, inquisitive animals when happy in their fields and farms it's a very different story if they're panicking/charging.

Cows are large, heavy animals and a scared cow running around is absolutely a danger to the public, both vehicles and pedestrians. If it got onto a dual carriageway or motorway it could be catastrophic.

IMO as terrible as it looks, stopping the cow and bringing it under control was the immediate concern, and I'm not sure there's much more that could have been done in the moment. Perhaps lessons need to be learned, in that in areas where a livestock escape is a possibility, there could be some sort of "first responder" situation with a list of farmers who can be called in to react quickly. They're the only ones with the expertise to do so safely. Expecting police to have the knowledge to safely wrangle a large animal without getting hurt or making matters worse is a lot.

They're also very robust and they rammed it at low speed meaning it's not quite like hitting a person with a car.

I don't think it's a nice thing to have happened but I think the right call was made under pressure, and it's 100% true that people would be frothing at the mouth asking why no action was taken to stop the cow, if it had ended up even accidentally knocking someone over an injuring/killing them, or had caused a pile-up.