No, not another variation on the Niemöller quote, but a cow attack story from The Daily Echo, emailed in by JuliaM:
FIRST it was donkeys seeing the red mist(1) in Hampshire – now it’s cows.
An elderly woman needed hospital treatment after being headbutted in the stomach as she walked in the New Forest. The latest incident saw the 81-year-old attacked by a large pregnant cow.
It happened as she walked her schnauzer dog(2) on land off Normandy Lane in Lymington – the same area where two women were chased and butted last week. The attacks have now prompted Hampshire County Council to put up signs warning that cows with calves are grazing in the area and urging people to pass with care.
1) I thought donkeys - like most animals - were color blind?
2) Interesting. The set piece cow attack involved a cow, her young calf, a dog walker and a dog. I didn't realize that their maternal instinct kicked in while they were still pregnant.
Says JuliaM, the "killer quote" is this:
The victim of the latest incident, who did not want to be named, likened it to being in the ring with Muhammad Ali and said it left her in hospital for seven hours.
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