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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].

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[-] alyth@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

This news comes just two days after @TheBananaKing@lemmy.world asked Is it generally safe to walk through a field of cows? on !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world. 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. - @SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Haha, you beat me to it. I think it's the world warning @TheBananaKing@lemmy.world

We need to find out if this woman was a Lemming

[-] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 8 points 4 months ago

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

[-] misophonium 5 points 4 months ago

She thought she was getting the milk for free but the cows got tacked on at checkout.

[-] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 5 points 4 months ago

My mom warned me about people getting the milk for free.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

The list price was pretty low but they really milked her for fees during checkout.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It's milkshake definitely brought the boys to the yard.

[-] Shawdow194@kbin.run 6 points 4 months ago

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

Asking for trouble

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 4 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.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 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!"

[-] jwt@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

How does an Austrian-alps-cows-charge-hiker story end up in the Free Malaysia Today?

[-] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 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.

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