Remoooove this now please: cow caught in ladder trauma

Published on Wednesday 17 August 2011 15:49

THE Scottish SPCA has rescued a cow from a tight squeeze after it got its head stuck in a ladder in Troon, Ayrshire.

The animal welfare charity was alerted to the Belgian blue bullock's plight after members of the public spotted it in a field on the Troon to Barassie road last month.

Inspector Kerry Kirkpatrick contacted the owner and helped return the bewildered beast to the herd unharmed.

Insp Kirkpatrick said: "My first thought was, this is a wind-up, but I arrived at the field to find the cow looking confused but surprisingly calm, despite having his head wedged tightly in between the rungs of the ladder.

"The farmer's family rounded up the herd into a holding pen and we managed to gently pull the ladder off the cow's head.

"The farmer had no idea how the ladder ended up in his field, as he only recently took on the lease for the land.

"It may have been covering a hole in the fence or fallen off a passing lorry. Either way, it's a rescue I won't forget in a while."