The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued this Press Release. It relates two very serious incidents where members of the public were attacked by cows on land owned by Sir Charles Hobhouse. The attacks occurred in the summer of 2021 on his Monkton Farleigh Estate in Bradford-on-Avon. Sir Charles pleaded guilty at Taunton Crown Court to breaching two counts of section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,000. HSE Inspector Leo Diez said: “Large animals can be a risk to people. Even a gentle knock from a cow can result in injury. Seemingly docile cattle can pose a risk to walkers when they are under stress or feel threatened and can exhibit instinctive maternal or aggressive behaviour." “Where possible cows with calves should not be grazed in fields where there is a public right of way. Where this is not possible, they should be segregated from the footpath by appropriate fencing where it is reasonable to do so.” Please do read the Press Release and always take great care when entering a field with cows especially if they have calves with them.