Incident number: 944
Response ID: 306,806,682
Date: 07.09.24
Location: Public bridleway heading to Torver Coniston.
Imogen’s story
“Me and my partner were walking to a pub, very short walk from where we were staying. The entire way was a public footpath /bridleway. Around halfway into the walk my dog decided to eat something off the ground and get seeds stuck to his face, my partner was only a few feet in front of me so I called him back to help me. After this I looked up to see a cow around 100 meters away from us up a hill and it just came charging at us with no warning, I was panicking but couldn’t get my words out and trying to get to the gate in front of us with my dog and partner. We managed to get to the gate in time and my partner pushed it through it and shut the gate. The cow mooed loudly and walked off. The field clearly had a wall that had fallen down but the cow could have easily got to us. My dog did not bark or make any movements towards the cow and was on a lead the whole time. This was very scary and I am shook up.”
Cattle Safety 