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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7n1l72j9wo
Slightly OT:
Lucky for ASBO dog owners that we don't have kangaroos. Yoochoob keeps feeding me short of kangas trying to drown out of control dogs.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/kangaroos-might-try-to-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTtsmgipd4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjjwl5g29d8o
Two calves and a cow have died after dogs attacked them in their field.
The attack is believed to have taken place in the field, off Holme Lacy Road in the Rotherwas area of Hereford, on Saturday.
The calves were chased by two dogs before being killed and the cow had to be put down after being injured during the attack.
West Merica Police has urged anyone who has information about the attacks to come forward.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/21/minchinhampton-tow...
I'm not sure I want to share my space with these look-cute-but-are-dangerous critters. It'd be "just one" then they'd be everywhere! See HP's post about the pet cow - you'd never be able to leave your avocado-and-alfalfa salad for a second!
Image from here, if people must...
Cows clearly need to wear helmets and hi viz apparel and need rubber bumpers fitted over any horns. As they don't pay road tax they should be restricted to mooving along roads at the edge of the kerb.
This has already been proposed...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11758512/Cows-s...
They'll try anything except for controlling drivers
https://boingboing.net/2024/06/16/pet-cow-named-clementina-is-jealous-of-her-moms-boyfriend.html
Pet cow named Clementina is jealous of her mom's boyfriend
Derbsyhire are going to be furious that Shirland is defined in relation to Nottingham !
Shirland used to have a good brass band; not sure about now.
Footage shared with the BBC shows a cow running loose on the streets of Surrey, and later getting to its feet after being struck by a police car.
Surrey Police said in a statement that after attempts to safely capture the cow “over a period of a number of hours” failed, “the decision was made to stop it using a police car”.
The cow was hit twice by a marked vehicle which the RSPCA said "appears disproportionate".
The force released a statement saying that the cow's owner had been located and its injuries assessed by a vet, who was overseeing its continued treatment and recovery.
It also said it would refer itself to the police complaints watchdog.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c511ezjlmrro
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/15/surrey-police-face-criticism-after-using-car-to-ram-escaped-cow
Has the revolution started? I missed the announcement... first horses charging though the streets, now cows.
(Loose beasts all immediately lose against the horsepower and bull-bars of their replacements).
Four legs better?
Join the moovement.
Meanwhile,
https://newsthump.com/2024/06/16/police-criticised-after-footage-emerges-of-them-laughing-and-joking-with-an-escaped-white-cow-before-driving-it-back-to-its-field/
They've been at it for years...
what do people want? be friendly with the cow - be criticised, don't be friendly with the cow - be criticised.
Or is the problem that white cows get treated better than black cows? hardly a surprise.
Some of my best friends are bovine...
Why do cows have bells?
Because their GPS doesn't work.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/crggxxk28g6o
Something something fifteen minute pastures...
Can we get that system in cars to guide drivers back off the pavements and cycle lanes? Seems that the modern vehicle already has all the tech to make it happen, including plenty of electricity.
Trains cancelled between Exeter and Bristol due to cows on track:
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-cancelled-between-exeter-bristol-9318022
" Experts have called for new laws to protect the public from cows, claiming an increase in aggressive behaviour by cattle."
Imagine how dangerous a Cow on a bike would be? Surely a new Dangerous Cow law is required and some sort of licensing?
Given the numbers why wasn't IDS campaigning for a new offense of "Causing death by dangerous droving"?
On the licencing - at least the ones I've seen tend to have number plates (in their ears) and presumably passed M.O.O.T.
Car crashes into building in Cow Lane in Wincheap at Canterbury (no cows or driver involved):
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/wincheap-car-crashes-into-wall-16656/
Cow cuddling: Cognitive considerations in bovine-assisted therapy
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/hai.2024.0016
I've been close to the cows on Lundy Island and they are scarily massive - they're not at all aggressive, but I think I'd be very cautious about hugging them.
Yeah, hug a heifer doesn't appeal, but neither does support squirrel squeezing or stroking for psychological succour - due to their well-documented aggression (and indeed attacks - what are the government doing about that?).
Cycle psychotherapy for me, despite some posters' repeated slurs about pointy and even dirty bikes!
https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/emotional-support-squirrel-delays-frontier-airlines-flight.html
Something about this "support animal" business has always made me quizzical, but I've never been able to put my finger on it.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-cattle-death-lightning-jackson-county-b2552447.html
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