![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-were-left-widowed-paralysed-lost-pets-after-sudden-attacks-by-killer-cows/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newspress-collage-23933809-1694790831068.jpg&description=STROLLING through the countryside with his faithful border collie, the last thing David Clarke expected was to be set upon by a herd of angry cows. It may sound comical, but as he faced down the 25 charging beasts, he knew his life hung in the balance. 14 David was attacked when he came across 25 cows in 2014 Credit: Supplied 14 A mature limousin stud bull can weigh up to 1000 kilos Credit: Getty Speaking to The Sun, David, 67, said the harrowing ordeal in 2014 happened so quickly he didn't have much time to think. "I saw a herd of cattle at the other end of the field. I didn't think too much of it and I tried to avoid them by going at the back of them," he recalled. "They were all very calm and they suddenly got up, snorted a bit and just came for me. I was stampeded. "I was caught underneath one group, while my dog Merlin was underneath another. "I picked my dog up and tried to get out of the field and they attacked me again. There were 25 limousin cows and their big brothers. "They were 750kg to a tonne, plus their calves. And they weren't baby calves - these were big ones. There was quite a bit of tonnage going on top of me. "When I noticed that the cows were coming into me, I thought they would stop. They didn't. Before I realised it was too late. All thoughts go into your head. "You think of death but you don't want to. You just wonder, when is this going to stop and how will I get out?" 14 David co-founded the Killer Cows blog and has received over 350 reports this year alone Credit: Getty David was rushed to hospital with internal bleeding and had to have emergency surgery for a lacerated liver. He also suffered severe bruising all over his body. Tragically, Merlin died from his injuries. According to the latest available figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 32 people were killed by cows between April 2017 and March 2022 - 23 of whom were farm workers and nine members of the public. Between 2020 and 2021, 11 people were killed by cows - five o){kind=link}
STROLLING through the countryside with his faithful border collie, the last thing David Clarke expected was to be set upon by a herd of angry cows.
It may sound comical, but as he faced down the 25 charging beasts, he knew his life hung in the balance.
Speaking to The Sun, David, 67, said the harrowing ordeal in 2014 happened so quickly he didn’t have much time to think.
“I saw a herd of cattle at the other end of the field. I didn’t think too much of it and I tried to avoid them by going at the back of them,” he recalled.
“They were all very calm and they suddenly got up, snorted a bit and just came for me. I was stampeded.