Comments on: NFU issues advice to Blunkett after cow attack incident

By: benaston

benaston — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:04:04 +0000

Who’d have thought, the BBC have now done a whole new article on the dangers of walking with cows. I wonder if Alison agrees with the advice?

Alison?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8114529.stm

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:44:25 +0000

Fair enough Allison, but what do we do if we are attacked by more than one cow? Should we have extra ‘pawn’ or ‘decoy’ dogs available to be let off the lead according to the number of cows with calves in the field? What would you suggest is an appropriate dogs : cows with calves ratio?

You say the “NFU’s advice is general”, but your advice seems rather redundant in this case. As benaston points out, how is the blind person supposed to “get quite quickly to the edge of the field” once their guide dog has run off with the cow in hot pursuit? Perhaps the assumption is that the dog will return…but who’s to say the cow will ever stop chasing the dog? This advice is clearly unsatisfactory and discriminatory against the blind.

woof.

By: Alison Pratt

Alison Pratt — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:26:01 +0000

My right to reply!
NFU’s advice is general – let your dog off the lead and usually, the cow will chase the dog. Cows with calves are unpredicable: the cow is after all only protecting her young. The best advice of all, would be to avoid a field where there are cows with calves grazing.

By: benaston

benaston — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:42:32 +0000

Yes, it is, but if you’d like to publish it elsewhere, please get in touch.

By: Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:07:43 +0000