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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyth@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
 

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 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 2 years 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

[–] Shawdow194@kbin.run 6 points 2 years ago

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

Asking for trouble

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years 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!"

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] misophonium@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] jwt@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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.