An 85-year-old hiker within the Austrian Alps was killed after a herd of cows trampled him and his spouse whereas they had been strolling their canine, native police mentioned Monday.
The person and his 82-year-old spouse had been climbing in the direction of a mountain hut in Ramsau am Dachstein in Austria’s Styria province on Sunday afternoon when the incident occurred, police mentioned.
“A retired couple from Vienna and their canine had been strolling just under the so-called Austria hut when a herd of 9 cows — together with three calves — charged and severely injured them,” native police spokesman Markus Lamb informed AFP.
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Hikers within the space and other people operating the close by refuge hut witnessed the assault, administered first assist and alerted emergency providers. The couple was then taken to a hospital in Salzburg.
The person died from his accidents earlier than he might bear emergency surgical procedure, officers mentioned.
Native prosecutors are investigating the precise circumstances of the assault, pending an post-mortem.
Deadly cow assaults are uncommon within the nation of greater than 9 million folks, whose mountains are a preferred vacationer attraction the place cow herds graze freely.
In 2024, a girl, accompanied by two small canines, who was climbing within the Salzburg area, died when a cow herd charged her.
Following a lethal cow assault a decade earlier, Austria’s authorities printed a “code of conduct” for hikers.
The rules embody conserving a distance from cows and strolling canines on a brief lead however unleashing them in case of assault.
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