German families in Austria fell victim to cow attacks twice on the bridge day - in the same place and independently of one another.
- Several German families fell victim to cow attacks while hiking in Austria on June 12.
- A woman and a four-year-old child had to be brought to clinics for treatment - a rescue helicopter was also used.
- Explosive: The cases occurred within a few hours in the same pasture area. Farmers have been warning hikers for a long time.
Tannheim / Innsbruck - explosive duplicity of events: near the Vilsalpsee in Tyrol on Friday (June 12) - partly independently of one another - several hikers from Germany were injured by cows within a few hours .
The incidents occurred in the same pasture area, as the Austrian police announced. Families with children were affected both times. The hikers were on the bridge day to Corpus Christi in the Tyrolean Alps near the German border near Tannheim.
Austria: Cows attack German families - two cases independently
The first case was reportedly around 12:30 p.m. A couple crossed the pasture with their two children when a mother cow broke away from the herd and pushed the woman to the ground. Her husband's attempt to scare the animal was unsuccessful, it said.
The Vilsalpsee near the German-Austrian border - here the hikers were injured.
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According to the Tyrolean police, the 37-year-old woman suffered “indefinite degree” injuries - she was flown to a clinic in Immenstadt , Bavaria , with a rescue helicopter .
Austria: Hikers injured by cattle - woman and child had to go to clinic
Around an hour and a half later, two other families from Germany experienced similar things. A group of cows ran towards the people 50 meters from the pasture gate. A 48-year-old man and a four-year-old child were pushed to the ground by the animals.
The man was slightly injured - the child had to be brought to the Reutte hospital near the German-Austrian border by rescue workers . At first, nothing was known about the degree of injuries to the girl.
Cow attacks in Austria: Incidents in pasture areas with suckler cow husbandry
According to the information, a total of 44 cattle are raised in the pasture area. The area was completely fenced and there were warning signs on the gates, the Tyrolean police emphasized in their message.
The note is explained from previous cases - attacks by cows on humans occur again and again in the Alps. After the attack of a cattle in summer 2019, a couple of hikers fell down a slope in Austria, as Merkur.de * reported.
Headlines had already made a fatal attack on a hiker - also in Austria. In Bavaria, too, holidaymakers are now warned about the animals with signs *.
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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
