Two incidents reported recently from 2022 without dogs on PROW

Incident number: 1014 and 1015

Dates of incidents: 1.5.22 and 18.8.22

Jessica was walking as a couple near Taunton  on 1^st May 2022

“We walked into the field and the group started walking towards us then running towards. We escaped just in time by going over a stile”

Matt was running on his own near West Haddon in Northamptonshire om 18^th August 2022

“I was running on a footpath. A couple of calves were startled and the herd turned on me. Tens of cows converged and stampeded me. I ran to the edge of the field and stood behind a barbed wire cordon. I had to climb into the next field to escape. I narrowly escaped being seriously injured or killed. The cows in this field are still very wary and aggressive. Other users of the footpaths have raised the issue on the village social media but have been shot down. I don’t have issues with any others herds in the area and have walked and ran through livestock for decades without similar incident.”