In a pasture in Tyrol there were two cow attacks on German hikers within a short time. A 48-year-old from Ebersberg was slightly injured.
Ebersberg - Two cow attacks on German hikers occurred in a short time in a pasture in Tyrol. A 37-year-old nurse from Nuremberg, a 48-year-old man from Ebersberg and a four-year-old from Swabia were injured, the Austrian police said on Saturday, June 13. The attacks occurred in a fenced pasture area with 44 cattle in suckler cow husbandry in the area of Lake Vilsalp. The area was provided with warning signs regarding the danger of suckler cows.
Cow takes off
The 37-year-old first crossed the area on Friday at noon with her family. When they were almost past the herd of cows, according to the husband's descriptions, a cow suddenly started running from about three meters away. The ten-year-old animal had knocked the head of the German and injured her with her hooves when jumping. The woman then complained of chest and hip pain and was flown by helicopter to a clinic in Immenstadt in the Allgäu region.
Ebersberger is knocked over
Just 90 minutes later, two other families from Bavaria, who went on a trip in Tyrol, were attacked on the same meadow. The cows ran towards the group about 50 meters in front of the closed pasture gate. A four-year-old girl from Swabia and a 48-year-old from Ebersberg in Upper Bavaria were knocked over. The man was slightly injured and the child was taken to a hospital in Tyrol for observation.