Terrifying moment farmer narrowly escapes being trampled by a rampaging cow as it headbutts her in horrifying clip | The Sun
THIS is the terrifying moment a farmer narrowly escapes being trampled by a rampaging cow.
Shocking video shows experienced farmer Dani Blair being attacked by the cow in a calving pen before her husband Matthew managed to intervene.
The couple, who run Thrimby Farm in Cumbria, shared the clip to raise awareness of the dangers of working with cattle.
Matthew explained: “This cow has been with us for seven years.
“She’s calved every year. She’s one of the quietest cows on the farm.
“This is why you should never trust any of them. Last night wasn’t a good one.
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“Dani is ok, just bruised, but if she was alone working it could of been different. Hellish.”
The horrifying CCTV shows the cow headbutting Dani into the wall.
As she attempts to regain control of the situation she is thrown in the air and lands on the floor of the barn.
When Matthew enters the ring the cow bucked her head once more before calming down as Dani managed to crawl out the gate.
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Matthew says the cow had just given birth to its first calf, which had sadly died.
Dani had entered the ring to yoke the cow ahead of the birth of its second calf when it became aggressive.
Matthew added: “I was getting the calving ropes while she was trying to yoke it.
“Luckily she’s a woman and hard as nails.
“Both Cow and lady are in good health today.
“We wanted to highlight the dangers of working long hours with cattle and I think it has had an effect.”
It comes after an inquest in January heard how a man was killed and his widow left paralysed after being trampled by a herd of cows.
The couple were tragically stampeded when they went for a walk with their daughter's dogs.
Michael Holmes, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene and his widow Teresa was airlifted to hospital.
The 57-year-old suffered 35 rib fractures and the hearing heard the sack around his heart was punctured.
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A pathologist told the inquest, held at Wakefield Civil and Family Justice Centre, that Michael's injuries would not have been survivable.
His wife Teresa was left unconscious after the stampede but awoke a week later in hospital, only to find out her husband had been killed.
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