Cows Take on a Bear
I’m not certain who initially put this on the web but it has circulated through my inbox a couple of times now so I am going to pass it on. I will include the photos and text pretty much as I received it.
Cows taking on a black bear in B.C., Canada
Now this is some tough beef…
Interesting photos from a ranch in the Kettle Valley , BC area where every year they have to deal with some pretty weird stuff.
This year a bear had been bothering the herd and I guess enough was enough. Read on…
A couple of evenings ago, Wayne went out to check the cows and saw a very strange sight and was able to photograph the event.
A black bear approached our cow herd which turned out to be a very big mistake on his part.
She tried her best to mash him into the ground.
There are a couple of photos where the bear is biting I-12's leg and clawing her face but she is not giving up. Her stiff tail shows how agitated she is. Wayne said all the cows were bawling, the bear was squealing, the calves were running around with their tails in the air.
A younger cow, R-55, an Angus-Cross cow, age 7, is helping her out as best she can. It is an incredible photo to see two cows at once trying to crush the bear.
I looked up the calving records of both cows who are so aggressive in these photos and they are both good, calm cows around us and have given us no troubles whatsoever. I'll have to add in my notes that they have a very distinct dislike of bears.
We'll be watching I-12 over the next few days to see if she needs treatment for infection. I don't know how willingly she'll come to the corrals for treatment, but she might not have a choice.
Finally, the bear decided to vacate the area. We thought he be dead for sure, but there was no sign of him the next day.
We'll have to keep an eye out for eagles in the trees or flocks of ravens flying up. We're sure he's got some broken ribs out of the deal at the very least. Wayne couldn't believe his eyes when he witnessed this ruckus. This is another once-in-a-lifetime photography event to add to all the others he managed to document this summer. It is amazing. Whoever said Cows were stupid are so Wrong....they have a heart and a mind too!
Thanks to Jim Noyes for sending us this.
Have something to share? 
This site uses valid HTML and CSS. All content Copyright © Dreamweaver Webs Ltd.
If you want to keep up to date, please don't hestitate and subscribe to our
Ha Ha! Boy could we use these two cows here in Riondel, B.C. on the eastshore of Kootenay Lake. We have two black bears that seem to want to hang around being pests right now. The horses just ignore them as they are only about 2 year olds which I think to look at the bear in these pictures would be about the same age.
It is really amazing that the cows would go after the bear like that, but maybe the cow will replace the alpaca/llama’s and the donkeys when it comes to predators now.