Case No. 1153
Date of Incident: 30 06 2025
Location: On PROW near Bruisyard Hall, Suffolk
2 walkers, 2 dogs
Group of cows
Account “We were walking with my dogs on leads, who are country dogs used to cattle, no barking or stress from the dogs, with my 21 year old son. We walked past the cattle with no problems then one of the cows closed in, then charged me, butted one of my legs that knocked me over, then bucked it’s rear legs up like a horse. I managed to get up. The other 10 cattle then began to follow us as we started to leave the field. We raised our arms shouting – we were afraid, as they all were closing in and we were in the middle of the field, they then dispersed after we shouted. I used to live on a dairy farm and am used to cattle but I’ve never seen behaviour like this before. There were signs warning of a bull in the field – but there was no bull. I’ve reported this to the farmer.”
Respondent also states “There should be warning signs on gates with contact numbers to report any incident and ideally banning cows from public footpath sites”
Cattle Safety 