A tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon within the west ofAustria. A 67-year-old Austrian lady died of her accidents after being attacked by a herd of cows in a grazing space in Oberlienz.
Her 65-year-old husband was taken to the Innsbruck clinic in severe situation, Tyrol police stated, including that the investigation into the circumstances of the accident was nonetheless ongoing.
Already an analogous drama in September
A number of dozen cows, belonging to a farmers’ cooperative, had been grouped collectively within the grazing area the place the couple was attacked, police stated.
Already in September, a Viennese hiker, aged 85, died within the Austrian Alps after an assault on a herd of cows, throughout which his 82-year-old spouse was injured. In 2024, a hiker accompanied by two canines was killed in comparable circumstances. Different assaults happened in 2017 and 2014.
After the deadly assault in 2014, the Austrian authorities printed “a information to conduct” for hikers, who’re requested to keep away from herds within the mountain pastures and to maintain their canines on a leash, however to unchain them within the occasion of an assault.
