Steven P. Administrators Posted May 17, 2021 Administrators Share Posted May 17, 2021 Quote 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. A witness told the BBC police hit the cow with a vehicle four times and were "clearly trying to kill it". A force spokesman said the measures it took were necessary to protect the public. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-57112449 Quote The police vehicle was used to prevent the cow from charging towards other members of the public and, after all options were ruled out, the cow was "humanely euthanised". Not sure how "humanely" can be used when it was rammed four times by a vehicle 😒 +Warwagon, +E.Worm Jimmy, spikey_richie and 1 other 2 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 It should have been tranquilised, and moooved properly by professionals, ideally back to the farmers property. Xenon and Steven P. 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted May 17, 2021 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, spikey_richie said: It should have been tranquilised, and moooved properly by professionals, ideally back to the farmers property. Moooved But yeah. Ramming with a car 4 times. Wow Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted May 17, 2021 MVC Share Posted May 17, 2021 49 minutes ago, E.Worm Jimmy said: Moooved But yeah. Ramming with a car 4 times. Wow Ya, why not just shoot it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, warwagon said: Ya, why not just shoot it It's the UK, do they even have guns? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 17, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted May 17, 2021 43 minutes ago, warwagon said: Ya, why not just shoot it The police in Europe generally don't shoot first and ask questions later 😛 spikey_richie and +hedleigh 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: It's the UK, do they even have guns? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's Dead Jim Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 The briddish police, experts in animal husbandry.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted May 17, 2021 Veteran Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, jnelsoninjax said: It's the UK, do they even have guns? Of course not, we just ask serious criminals politely to stop... Honestly 🤦♂️ jnelsoninjax and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted May 17, 2021 MVC Share Posted May 17, 2021 They should have just done it like in the movie transformers jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted May 17, 2021 Veteran Share Posted May 17, 2021 Time to defund their police... < / s > 19 minutes ago, Skiver said: Of course not, we just ask serious criminals politely to stop... Honestly 🤦♂️ to be honest, I've heard a ton of times that "UK street patrol police aren't armed" never knew if it was true or not jnelsoninjax 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, spikey_richie said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom That is actually interesting to read, though my question was more along the lines of a joke, but still it is very interesting to see the difference between the US police force and the UK's police force, the US could stand to learn allot from the UK... Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, neufuse said: to be honest, I've heard a ton of times that "UK street patrol police aren't armed" never knew if it was true or not Standard patrols are unarmed except for pepper spray and stick. However all forces have armed response units that can be there usually within minutes and almost all communities have animal control officers who SHOULD have been called to deal with this animal. Those cops should be remooooved from duty! spikey_richie and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1407931-runaway-cow-in-woodley-killed-after-being-hit-by-police-van-%F0%9F%98%A2/#findComment-598644575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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