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New Forest cattle to be de-horned after walkers attacked | New Forest cattle to be de-horned after walkers attacked |
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Livestock owners in the New Forest are being asked to remove horns from their cattle after an increase in the number of walkers being attacked. | Livestock owners in the New Forest are being asked to remove horns from their cattle after an increase in the number of walkers being attacked. |
Dog walker Amelia Borrelli, 86, spent a week in hospital after a cow plunged its horn into her leg in July. | Dog walker Amelia Borrelli, 86, spent a week in hospital after a cow plunged its horn into her leg in July. |
She said she and her dog may have come between the cow and its calf. | She said she and her dog may have come between the cow and its calf. |
The Commoners Defence Association has written to 200 people registered to turn out cattle on the forest, asking them to "de-horn" their livestock. | The Commoners Defence Association has written to 200 people registered to turn out cattle on the forest, asking them to "de-horn" their livestock. |
Association chairman Tony Hockley said the move followed several "dangerous incidents" in the last two years. | Association chairman Tony Hockley said the move followed several "dangerous incidents" in the last two years. |
He said: "If someone is injured by a commoner's grazing animal, it is deeply distressing for everyone involved. | He said: "If someone is injured by a commoner's grazing animal, it is deeply distressing for everyone involved. |
"This was the one step that our association felt we could take ourselves that might mitigate the harm done by the situation in which the New Forest now finds itself." | "This was the one step that our association felt we could take ourselves that might mitigate the harm done by the situation in which the New Forest now finds itself." |
British breeds such as English Longhorns and Highlands will be exempt because their horns are an essential characteristic and there have not been any incidents involving those breeds. | British breeds such as English Longhorns and Highlands will be exempt because their horns are an essential characteristic and there have not been any incidents involving those breeds. |
Mr Hockley said the association would step up its campaign for improved signage about appropriate behaviour around livestock and the control of dogs. | Mr Hockley said the association would step up its campaign for improved signage about appropriate behaviour around livestock and the control of dogs. |
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Ms Borrelli, from Fritham in Hampshire, said she may have inadvertently come between the cow and a calf hidden in undergrowth when she was gored on 20 July. | Ms Borrelli, from Fritham in Hampshire, said she may have inadvertently come between the cow and a calf hidden in undergrowth when she was gored on 20 July. |
She said: "It banged me to the ground, drew back its head and ripped my jeans from the ankle up to mid-thigh, plunged its horn into my thigh, came on up ripping my clothes." | She said: "It banged me to the ground, drew back its head and ripped my jeans from the ankle up to mid-thigh, plunged its horn into my thigh, came on up ripping my clothes." |
She said the tennis ball sized wound was "very, very deep" and came within millimetres of two arteries. | She said the tennis ball sized wound was "very, very deep" and came within millimetres of two arteries. |