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No, not that cow.

The cow that gets me will have horns.

That cow doesn't stand a chance.
 
In a bad mood, their morale is low.

A study by Irish researchers has shown that cows who suffered ‘livestock lockdown’ may have been damaged emotionally.

Over the past year, humans have shown the psychological damage that lockdown can have on their wellbeing. New research led by Queen’s University in Belfast has shown that dairy cows may also suffer damaged emotional wellbeing from being locked down.

To conduct their study, the researchers gave 29 Holstein-Friesian dairy cows 18 days of overnight pasture access and 18 days of full-time indoor housing. Each cow was then trained to approach a food rewarded bucket location, but not approach another, unrewarded bucket location. After learning this task, to test judgement bias, the researchers presented cows with buckets in between the trained locations. Approaching these intermediate buckets would reflect an expectation of reward under ambiguity – an “optimistic” judgement bias, suggesting positive emotional states. ...

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40246964.html
 
One of the favorite graduation pranks in the US in engineering schools is persuading a cow or horse to climb stairs and leaving it with much appropriate fodder and water in the dean's office overnight. That and taking apart an auto and reassembling it in the dean's office.
 
One of the favorite graduation pranks in the US in engineering schools is persuading a cow or horse to climb stairs and leaving it with much appropriate fodder and water in the dean's office overnight. That and taking apart an auto and reassembling it in the dean's office.
Nowadays, they just get the poor bugger cancelled.
 
One of the favorite graduation pranks in the US in engineering schools is persuading a cow or horse to climb stairs and leaving it with much appropriate fodder and water in the dean's office overnight. That and taking apart an auto and reassembling it in the dean's office.
The really great prank would be to get the cow or horse into the dean's office and then rebuild a car or truck around it.
 
Cows they deserve it.

LUND, Denmark – During a recent performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Pezzo Capriccioso,” a handful of spectators leaned forward intently, their eyes shining, and a few encouraging colds escaping the otherwise subdued ground floor. Although relatively new to classical music, they seemed closely associated with the eight cellists on stage and raised their heads abruptly as the sluggish strains of the piece gave way to rapid arcs.

When it was over, amid the fervent applause and the screams of “Bravo”, a single, appreciative moo could be heard.

On Sunday in Lund, a village about 50 miles south of Copenhagen, a group of elite cellists played two concerts for some music-loving cows and their human colleagues. As the culmination of a collaboration between the two local ranchers, Mogens and Louise Haugaard, and Jacob Shaw, the founder of the nearby Scandinavian cello school, the concerts were meant to attract the attention of the school and the young musicians living there. Judging from the reaction of two- and four-legged participants, it has also shown how popular an initiative can be that brings cultural life to rural areas.

https://dailyzbusinesspress.com/when-the-cellos-play-the-cows-come-house/
 
Encouraging coughs? No, those aren't encouraging to musicians—especially these days!
Encouraging mold? No, forget that.
Encouraging fold? Implies invasive sheep.
An encouraging cold is an interesting idea. What a cold would take away from your physical health, it would give back to your state of mind . . .
:crazy: Let's just blame an opaque aspect of Scandinavian culture.
 
A typo? Can't see the context for it.

It may be a translation screw-up.

The more extensive New York Times version of the article has this as its first paragraph:
During a recent performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Pezzo Capriccioso,” a handful of audience members leaned forward attentively, their eyes bright, a few encouraging snuffles escaping from the otherwise hushed parterre. Though relative newcomers to classical music, they seemed closely attuned to the eight cellists onstage, raising their heads abruptly as the piece’s languid strains gave way to rapid-fire bow strokes.
(Emphasis Added)

FULL ARTICLE: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/arts/music/cow-concert-scandinavian-cello-school.html
 
Beverley bullocks: Escaped cattle seen grazing in gardens
A group of wandering cattle were seen grazing in people's gardens and eating hedges after escaping a field and getting lost.
The seven young bullocks were spotted on Woodlands Road in Beverley, East Yorkshire, earlier, before moving to streets around Atkinson Way.
BBC journalist David Harrison caught one of them eyeing up a trampoline.

Now that conjures up an image in my mind's eye!!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-57126899
 
A runaway cow killed after being hit by a police van

"A cow on the loose in a residential street was hit and killed using a police van after officers struggled to bring it under control.

The cow, which is understood to have escaped from a nearby farm, was spotted wandering around roads in Woodley, Berkshire, on Thursday evening.

A police vehicle was later filmed colliding with the animal.

Thames Valley Police said the cow had charged and injured a woman and one of its officers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-57112449
 
A runaway cow killed after being hit by a police van

"A cow on the loose in a residential street was hit and killed using a police van after officers struggled to bring it under control.

The cow, which is understood to have escaped from a nearby farm, was spotted wandering around roads in Woodley, Berkshire, on Thursday evening.

A police vehicle was later filmed colliding with the animal.

Thames Valley Police said the cow had charged and injured a woman and one of its officers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-57112449
Poor cow :( They must have been going a fair speed to kill it?
 
A Missouri woman was killed by one of her cows.
Missouri woman dies after being attacked by cow

A rural north-central Missouri woman has died after being attacked by a mother cow.

... 76-year-old Jane Heisey died about 8 a.m. Thursday on a farm near the Sullivan County town of Harris.

Sullivan County Coroner Bob Wyant says Heisey and her husband, Glenn, were in a lot near their house trying to put an ear tag on a newborn calf.

The mother cow knocked Heisey to the ground and stepped on her head.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.komu.com/news/state/mis...cle_9029a687-1e7b-5cb3-857a-42f989dffc6d.html
 
A runaway cow killed after being hit by a police van

"A cow on the loose in a residential street was hit and killed using a police van after officers struggled to bring it under control.

The cow, which is understood to have escaped from a nearby farm, was spotted wandering around roads in Woodley, Berkshire, on Thursday evening.

A police vehicle was later filmed colliding with the animal.

Thames Valley Police said the cow had charged and injured a woman and one of its officers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-57112449
UPDATE.

a vigil has been held for the dead cow

"Protestors have held a vigil for a runaway cow that was rammed and killed using a police van.

The cow, which was one of several that escaped from a nearby farm, was hit in Woodley, Berkshire, on 13 May.

The event was organised by the Vegan Action for Animals group.

Thames Valley Police said the cow had injured a woman and an officer, and officers only drive into it after all other options were ruled out."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-57208065
 
"Protestors have held a vigil for a runaway cow, followed by a barbecue"
 
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Having dealt with loose cows several times in my life (once an entire herd) I dont think hitting them with a vehicle is quite the thing.

in fact, I believe the ultimate aim of the exercise (aside from putting cows back in the field, which is a self evident result) is not to get them involved in any vehicular collisions.

But I am not sure. I am not sure of anything these days.
 
Having dealt with loose cows several times in my life (once an entire herd) I dont think hitting them with a vehicle is quite the thing.

in fact, I believe the ultimate aim of the exercise (aside from putting cows back in the field, which is a self evident result) is not to get them involved in any vehicular collisions.

But I am not sure. I am not sure of anything these days.
I wonder why a tranquilliser gun could not have been found?

From a local vet or something.

I really don't see how killing it with the van was the best solution.
 
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