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Family walk near Stonegate Station Sussex ended in a mad dash to avoid cows

19/8/2023

Near Stonegate station, Sussex

We were walking along a public footpath. There were three people in our group with no dogs. We were familiar with the area and there weren’t usually cows in this field. One of the cows was separated from the others and we had to walk past her. This aggravated the other cows who began to approach us menacingly. There may have been more than one bull. I tried to clap but this made the cows more threatening. My teenage son started to run and we all followed and the cows followed and they picked up pace. We managed to cross into a neighbouring field over a ditch and tried to ignore the cows/bulls but were terrified. Annie says that ”There should be signs up and ideally fencing or electric wire to separate the cattle and humans”

Incident number: 763

Response number: 289,062,691

High Bentham popular local walk. Cattle charged at us for no apparent reason!!!

19th August 2023

The two of us were walking with our dog on the lead on one of the local footpath routes in a popular spot for both locals and tourists. The bullocks had been occupying a field at the start of the walk for weeks and had always been docile/ not interested on previous walks. We took the normal circular route, passing through the bullocks’ field twice. There were no problems when we set off, they ignored us when we passed through as usual. On our way back, entering the field again, the bullocks were walking towards us, when they all suddenly started charging for no reason! We tried not to turn our backs and run, so we rushed sideways through a stream which luckily they didn’t want to cross for some reason – but they bellowed and stamped as we ran for the exit gate. We had minor cuts and scratches and were traumatised. The incident was not reported.

Incident Number: 754

Response ID: 288,714,163

Trevor escaped through a barbed wire fence to safety from a herd of cattle in Derbyshire

Date: 31^st May 2023

Location: Biggin village near Hulland Ward Derbyshire

I entered the field on my own without a dog, there was a fairly large herd about 150 metres away all lying down. Following a hedge on my left I tried to cross the 100 meters to reach a copse of trees on other side. Half way into the field I noticed the cattle were on their feet when I startled a pheasant. The cattle then started running toward me at surprising speed. I also tried to run for it but could not find the gate. I reached a tree and moved around it as a young large calf tried to approach. (It was in touching distance.) The rest of the herd were stopped by the low hawthorn tree I was under. Next to me there was a barbed wire fence through which I clambered into an adjacent field. I fortunately had no injuries . Later viewing the herd from a safe distance I saw that they were frisky and charging around for no obvious reason. The incident was not reported.

Incident Number: 755

Response ID: 288,882,351