Landowner fined £15,000 after cows trample dog walkers and leave them fearing they'd be killed
A landowner has been fined £15,000 after his cows launched a "frenzied and intense attack" on dog walkers.Sir Charles Hobhouse admitted two health and safety failures at his estate in Monkton Farleigh, Wilshire, after 17 cattle and 18 calves trampled walkers twice in 2021.Joanne Booley was left with a fractured shoulder and possible broken ribs during the first incident in June 5 2021.
"I also witnessed my friend desperately trying to find cover behind a tree and fighting the attacking cows with her rucksack as they attacked her from both sides."I still have nightmares about it."He suffered a fractured spine and believed he would be killed. He released his dog and ran, but the cows crashed into him, knocked him to the ground and trampled and headbutted him.
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