There is no such thing as a totally safe bull but the most lethal is a dairy bull that has been raised alone, though any bull penned alone for long periods can be dangerous. A bull will perform a broadside threat prior to attack (standing sideways to show his size and power) and you must back slowly away but never, ever, turn tail and run.
Any bull that performs a broadside threat to milkers is removed from a commercial dairy and certainly a mature bull that charges people must be culled.
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Hide AdI believe the bull in the Nottinghamshire tragedy (your report, 15 November) was a Swiss Brown and if that is the case I cannot understand why he was let loose in a field where ramblers cross.
(Dr) John Cameron
Howard Place
St Andrews