Our footpaths should be safe, particularly in an area promoted as a place for recreational walking.
Abigail’s injuries
Abigail’s story: pushed from cow to cow
They went for my dog, and then surrounded me.
Lucy’s story: Butted and trampled
I was knocked to the ground, and repeatedly kicked and head butted
Jude’s story: butted and trampled
I was headbutted, trampled, and dragged along the ground.
Dog trampled and walkers injured
The dog was very badly bruised and lucky to be alive.
Surrounded and trampled by cows
I ended up on the ground, being trampled under the hooves of 10 or 15 cows.
Carolyn’s Story: another cow attack in the New Forest
The cow put its horns either side of me – and launched me onto the heath land.
Trampling season well under way
The fields have become dangerous places to be.
Ruth’s story: broken nose and fractured ribs.
The cows repeatedly kicked me all over my body.
Kathleen ran to rescue a trampled boy
The cow trampled down the grandmother, and was trying to kill the boy.
Mike’s story: housebound after an attack
I was housebound, unable to move or walk, and in considerable pain for two months
Simon meets a rogue black cow.
We noticed scattered cattle, and then one black cow began behaving strangely.
