An Octoberfest of another type is happening in Hintertux in Tyrol from the 28th September with the traditional cow parade taking centre stage. The reason for the great event in Hintertux is the closing of the Alpine pastures in Tyrol for the year. Cows from the local area get decorated for the purpose and driven […]
Fire fighters called to save a couple from drowning in a cesspool found a wild boar stuck in the mud. Firemen rushed to a farm in Thalheim near Wels in Upper Austria yesterday (Thurs) after a caller claimed the owners of the estate were about to die in a liquid manure tank. However, all the […]
A farmer suffered serious head injuries when a cow pushed him against a wall as he tried to tie up the animal. The 40-year-old man was airlifted to a clinic in Graz, Styria, after the incident in Deutsch Ehrensdorf, Burgenland, yesterday afternoon (Mon). Doctors were unavailable for comment on his condition today.
An Upper Austrian woman had to be hospitalised after she was attacked by a cow yesterday (Sun).The woman from Obergrünburg was hiking in the Kalkalpen national park with her husband when the animal attacked her. The 54-year-old teacher sustained a flesh wound on her left thigh. She was airlifted to a hospital in Steyr.One day […]
A Tyrolean farmer has been seriously injured by one of his cows at the weekend.The 46-year-old was knocked down by the heifer as he tried to herd his cows back to be milked at his farm in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol on Saturday.Local police said today (Mon) that the man sustained a broken skull […]
An elderly farmer has been injured by a two-year-old bull.The unconscious 72-year-old was found by his wife on Saturday morning, police in Ellmau in Tyrol said today (Mon). He was airlifted to a clinic in Kufstein where doctors attested severe internal injuries. It is unclear why the 1,000-kilo animal attacked the man.Earlier this month, a […]
A 24-year-old lorry driver had to be hospitalised after he was attacked by a cow this morning (Weds).The Upper Austrian was assigned to pick up a cow from a farm in Windhaag with his truck. He was pushed against a wall by another heifer when he teamed up with the farmer to lead the animal […]
Austria has been hit by the eighth case of mad-cow disease (BSE) this year.The federal health ministry announced today (Fri) post mortem tests have shown that a 15-year-old cow which died of old age on a farm in the Lower Austrian district of Wiener Neustadt had the disease.The ministry, headed by Social Democrat (SPÖ) Alois […]
A 52-year-old hiker had to be airlifted to a clinic after being attacked by cows.The man from Hart near Graz, Styria, tried to walk past a herd of cows at the provinces Hochschwab region when the heifers trampled over him after his dog started barking at them yesterday (Weds).A crew member of the ÖAMTC rescue […]