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June 2014
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Runaway cows hit national headlines
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dramatic incident which saw a herd of cows escape from an overturned trailer and run loose through the streets of Bradley Stoke for over two hours, hit the national headlines over the May bank holiday weekend. The drama started when a trailer transporting the cattle overturned at ‘Rabbit Roundabout’ (junction of Bradley Stoke Way and Winterbourne Road) at around 12.15pm on Friday 2nd May. Eight animals escaped and began galloping up and down various roads in Bradley Stoke, including Winterbourne Road, Bradley Stoke Way, Webbs Wood Road and Juniper Way. Several police vehicles were involved in the operation to round up the beasts and the police helicopter was deployed to give an oversight from the air. After leading police and
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livestock handlers a merry dance for more than two hours, the animals were finally cornered in a cul-de-sac off Juniper Way, where they were loaded onto a cattle transporter. A police spokesperson confirmed: “There was an accident involving a trailer on Friday lunch time which led to a number of cows escaping. Officers attended the scene to try and round up the cows.” “One of the officers was injured after a cow ran into him and he was taken to Frenchay Hospital. He suffered bruising but escaped more serious injury because he had his body armour on.” The spokesperson confirmed that one of the animals was shot by a firearms officer, at the request of the farmer who owned the herd, after it became ‘distressed’ and the farmer believed it wouldn’t survive. Journal readers, many sat in
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Overturned cattle trailer near ‘Rabbit Roundabout’ (Photo: Sara Messenger)
traffic jams resulting from the incident, posted comments and photos on our Facebook page and these were picked up by the national press, leading to some sensational headlines, such as the Mail Online’s: “You herd it right... cows escape overturned truck and stampede through
suburban Bristol damaging cars and injuring police who are forced to SHOOT one dead”. Several videos of the incident were also posted on YouTube. ● Links to reports, photos and videos relating to the incident can be found on our magazine links page: http://bit.ly/bsj-mag-links
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