Rocky 1,224 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 When I heard about this I was like, what an idiot. An air/sea rescue of a cow stranded on a cliff turned to disaster when the vet fell off the cliff. They had the whole thing on TV. The rescue crew of about 4 was around the cow and had it wrapped in the rescue net for the air lift, but when the chopper started the lift, the vet (older guy) forgot to let go of the net and was hoisted a couple of metres above the rocks, then he let go and toppled down the rocks into the sea, like a rag doll. Some brave rescue guy jumped intp the sea and somehow managed to drag the vet back to the rocks, but his face was a mess, for a news cast that was pretty graphic, blood all over the shop. Poor guy, but should NEVER have happened. All that for a cow, that's ultimately heading for an abattoir anyway, geez. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sup 0 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 ... I agree, what an idiot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 Oh yeh I forgot to conclude my post! When I heard the story I figured the guy was an idiot, after I saw the mess of his face it was a shame, he didn't deserve that for basically doing his job. Someone, probably the rescue service should have stood firm and said uh-uh, no way, not for a cow, shoot it and let the fish have it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NYR_32 6 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Ummm...I can't resist.... MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 (edited) Got a link to a vid? Edited September 22, 2004 by Zantar45 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 Got a link to a vid? I couldn't even find the story on the beeb, sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Got a link to a vid? i checked my usual distressing/f'ed up crap site, and its not there. I dont like lookin at that site to much, makes me veryyyyyyyy angry. Poor vet though, love of the job i spose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 It was on the Scottish news again tonight. The guy is okay and although he has several stiches all over his face, he didn't look too bad considering the fall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avey 0 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 A cow got stuck near where i live a few years back. I watched them rescue it and then asked why they'd put so much effort into getting a cow out of a ditch. "Because a cow is about £700 to a farmer" Can't argue with that. But i do agree Rocky, gets stupid when a human risks their life for the cow. In the incident i saw, only the cow was in trouble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 "Because a cow is about £700 to a farmer" Can't argue with that. You can actually - a rescue helicopter costs over £1000 each trip, plus all the labour etc, there's no way the rescue can be justified on financial terms I'm afraid. It was a bad day out all round, well apart from the coo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avey 0 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 You can actually - a rescue helicopter costs over £1000 each trip, plus all the labour etc, there's no way the rescue can be justified on financial terms I'm afraid. It was a bad day out all round, well apart from the coo! Well the one i saw didn't involve a heli - but if it did then i would say it was a waste of time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sup 0 Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 I just saw a bit on this on USA CNN. His face was pretty messed up, and that tumble down the rocks looked nasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt.Crocodile 0 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Me and six other collegues went to a farm loaded with caves to do a research about the Desmodus Rotundus (vampire bat), we spent the whole night on it, capturing and collecting blood from the bats. Once the morning came, we headed back to base camp and on the way back we found a calf stuck on a deep whole, not much larger them the calf. One of my buddies jumped on the whole and passed a rope around it, so we could pull out both of them. even we took 3 hours to rescue it, the operation was a success. The "funny" thing is that 2 weeks later, when we came back to check on the caves again, the farmer told us the same calf was taken by a jaguar. I guess it was supposed to become someones food anyway whatever if its a jaguar or an armadillo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 LMAO, cool story! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zantar45 0 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Darwinism at work people, stand aside and get a camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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