Cows fly over Swiss pastures in helicopter rescue

Record ID: 1634309

  • Title: Cows fly over Swiss pastures in helicopter rescue
  • Date: 27th August 2021
  • Summary: KLAUSENPASS, SWITZERLAND (AUGUST 27, 2021) (REUTERS) HELICOPTER FLYING WITH ROPE ATTACHED TO COW / COW LANDING AND FARMERS HOLDING IT IN PLACE HELICOPTER CARRYING COW COW LANDING VARIOUS OF COWS ON PASTURE COW GRAZING VARIOUS OF COW BEING LED BY FARMER COW MOVING INTO TRUCK (SOUNDBITE) (German) DAIRY FARMER JONAS ARNOLD, SAYING: "One reason for the helicopter transport is that you can’t reach some pastures by car, and the other is that some cows are injured, so they don’t have to walk all the way down." COW NUDGING CAMERA COW ON HARNASS LANDING (SOUNDBITE) (German) DAIRY FARMER JONAS ARNOLD, SAYING: "I didn’t ask a cow how it feels after such a flight as it couldn’t answer, but it’s only a short distance and it has to keep going. It was only a short calm flight. I didn’t notice any difference between the ones that flew and the ones that walked normally." COWS ON PASTURE ROPES BEING GATHERED VARIOUS OF COW BEING FLOWN COW LANDING VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER CYCLISTS PASSING
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2021 17:39
  • Keywords: Switzerland flying cows
  • Location: KLAUSENPASS, SWITZERLAND
  • City: KLAUSENPASS, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Topics: Environment,Europe,Nature/Wildlife,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ES207KP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on Friday (August 27) when they got helicopter rides down the mountain.
    Around 10 beasts got the lift to land near the Klaunespass mountain pass, around 1,950 metres (6,400 feet) above sea level.
    The rest of the 1,000-strong herd was due to head down this weekend to the Urnerboden area in the central canton of Uri in the annual bovine parade.
    (Production: Arnd Wiegmann, Yiming Woo)
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