muleman
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Its got out of hand,there is no need for footpath through every field on a farm.
Another walker trampled
- Thread starter milkloss
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- East Sussex
My suggestion was to affordably be able to apply for a licence to close footpaths for a period of time (month?) to allow safe grazing of blocks of land. What do you think?
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Assess your situation , how likely is someone to be killed by your cattle ? what can you do to minimise the risk? are you prepared financially and mentally ? could you cope with jail time for corporate manslaughter ?
livestock 1
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Should be no footpaths where livestock is anyway. Even if it is just for the dog muck reason we all know what it can do
livestock 1
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There's no need for 95%+ of the footpaths at all.
muleman
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Quite a good idea,maybe close them for say 6 months in the spring summer when cattle were likely to be outside grazing and re-open them when cattle are likely to be housed?
- Location
- East Sussex
Realistically I don’t think you’d get away asking for that much although it would be a good starting point. If you have that many footpaths then you could reroute some and close for four weeks, open for two then close for another four. That sort of thing. £20 quid licence fee, minimal paperwork and direct contact with local authority only and other organisations not putting their oar in.
I dont have cattle but in my area there is common land so walkers can go where ever they want on foot or on horse back / mountain bike , I did once have an incident myself when walking the dog , I came out of a gully and turned a corner to see a cow snorting at my Jack Russell , she then came at me so I backed off , as I moved backward she moved towards me , I managed to scoop the dog up and it was clear thats what she was after , I could sense it could all go very wrong so kept very still but she wouldn't leave , I carefully picked up a duck stone and bounced it off her head then got out of there quickly , I`ve had over 20 years working with cattle and that was the closest I`ve come to being mashed.
livestock 1
Member
You seem to be forgetting 99% of the population are complete f**kwits.
muleman
Member
Back to the educational adverts i would suggest.
- Location
- East Sussex
Not being funny but was scooping the dog up the sharpest move? Personally I would have moved off myself whilst the dog handled itself and then called the dog in when in a safer situation personally.
muleman
Member
the first place the dog will go is right behind your legs,the cow wont go round you to get at the dog..it will go straight through you.
Disagree , I value my dog highly and would go to great lengths to save it , the dog didnt want to leave me (loyal) so the cow would most likely have trampled it , what I would have done then is unprintable.
- Location
- East Sussex
Carry a ball for the dog so you can chuck it and run!
muleman
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- Location
- East Sussex
I’ve had a few dogs got in the way of a moody cow when they realise the situation generally they keep out of the way and wouldn’t allow themselves to get mashed. What was your dogs reaction to the cow?
He wanted to get away but would not leave me , he didnt bark or yap and had no interest in the calf , he`s had years of walking through cattle and sheep.