On 03/05/15 19:46, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
On Sun, 03 May 2015 17:04:34 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

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.

While certainly not wanting to make light of the dangers
of cattle (or hippos), there are many free-range highland
cattle that coexist with walkers, golfers and cars on
Minchinhampton Common.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerzzz/9248644430/
http://www.stroudlife.co.uk/images/l...6599-large.jpg

I can still visualise a cow with hooves skittering on asphalt
as it zigzagged through a row of cars at a junction - after it
suddenly realised the rest of the herd had just disappeared
over the brow of the hill