A hiker in the Austrian Alps died when a herd of cows charged her, while her two daughters survived with injuries […]. The woman was on a hike with her two daughters […] and two small dogs yesterday […] in the Salzburg region when the cow herd charged […]. “It is still not clear what happened,” a police spokesman [said].

  • @alythOP
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    363 months ago

    This news comes just two days after @[email protected] asked Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows? on [email protected]. To cite a response from the thread:

    Usually it’s pretty safe except when there are calves on the field. It happens every year that some tourists (especially with dogs) go through a field with calves and their mothers and someone gets injured. - @[email protected]

    This comment is backed up by a statement from the linked article:

    Emergency service personnel cited by Austrian media warned of the danger of dogs getting near cows. “Cows have a very strongly developed maternal instinct and defend their calves,” said an emergency service source cited by news agency APA.

  • Shawdow194
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    63 months ago

    I always learned to never walk between a bear mama and her cub, or a cow and her calf

    Asking for trouble

  • @[email protected]
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    53 months ago

    How much does a cow herd charge? Is it really that expensive that it would cause somebody to die?

  • @[email protected]
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    53 months ago

    I was feeling kinda sad about the whole thing then I saw the part about the two small dogs. I’m guessing they weren’t on a lead.

    “Ha! Look at Gretchen play with the little Kuh. So nett! Oh…mama looks mad…ach Scheiße!”

  • @[email protected]
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    53 months ago

    Cows and bears. Both put the wumpus on you if your dog irritates or frightens them, especially if they have their kids still with them.

    • @alythOP
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      13 months ago

      I have no idea. I saw the news article in a newspaper based in Luxembourg first, but it was in French. So I searched for an English version to share and found this one from Malaysia.