Police officers near London rammed a runaway cow with their company car (seen in the video above, shortly before the incident). Another video of the incident sparked outrage in Britain.
The owners of ten-month-old Beau Lucy called for the dismissal of the police officers responsible. “It looked like they wanted to kill her,” the farmer’s partner told Sky News in Staines-upon-Thames, near London, on Sunday.
Hit twice
The video shows how the police car violently rams the cow, which weighs about 200 kilograms, in a residential area. The animal slides a few meters across the street, gets up and continues running.
The car then hits the cow again, which remains trapped under the car. According to the owners, the animal did not suffer any serious injuries.
Danger: The video embedded here contains images of violence against an animal and may provoke strong emotional responses from animal lovers:
“Comprehensive Urgent Declaration”
British Home Secretary James Cleverly called for a “full, urgent statement.” The actions of the officers seem ‘unnecessarily harsh’. The RSPCA described the footage as “disturbing and disturbing”, and noted animal rights campaigner Chris Packham wrote on X: “What kind of monster rams a calf?”
Police defended their actions. The cow ran through several streets on Friday evening. Callers reported that a car had been damaged and that the animal had run towards people. After several attempts to capture the animal failed over the hours, it was decided to end the escape with the police car out of concern for public safety.
The owners suspect that Beau Lucy escaped from her pasture via a river. The animal has calmed down since returning to the farm and is eating normally. “I don’t know if she will survive,” said the farmer’s partner. “She could die from the shock, but hopefully she will survive.”
Source: Krone
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