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On Sun, 03 May 2015 17:04:34 +0100, Tim Watts
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I regularly walk around cows and I know what they are like (and yes,
they can sometimes freak and charge, moreso beef cattle than dairy stock).

Bulls tend to be the other way around.

And a lot of people not from an agricultural background do not realise
a farmer can have certain breeds of Bull in a field with a public
right of way across it if the Bull is accompanied by Cows.
The Breeds that are prohibited and listed here
https://www.gov.uk/public-rights-of-...sponsibilities
are all dairy breeds. Those small sweet looking Jerseys and Guernseys
can be the most ferocious of them all.

Right. I am also very cautious about Highland, because they are
often left to be a lot more feral than most cattle. But all that
means is not walking through the middle of a herd, or otherwise
being an idiot.

One aspect of Highlands' "feral" nature is that the cows don't keep
their calves at foot (as other farm breeds do). Highlands hide their
calf in rough undergrowth and though the mother may be a considerable
distance from it, she is guarding it and will attack without warning if
she perceives it to be threatened; for instance by a human walking close
to the hidden calf or even just between it and her. Our farm neighbour
who raised them, used to ask us to keep off the moor during calving, for
our own safety.

Janet