https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Austrian farmer has been ordered to pay €490,000 ($555,000) in compensation to the widower of a woman who was trampled to death by a herd of his cows in 2014. https://www.thelocal.at/20190223/austrian-farmer-ordered-to-pay-german-widower-over-fatal-cow-attack Sat, 23 Feb 2019 11:28:39 +0100 austrian-farmer-ordered-to-pay-german-widower-over-fatal-cow-attack A hiker in the Austrian Alps was fatally gored on Wednesday when a cow charged at her, local police and media said. https://www.thelocal.at/20170608/cow-gores-woman-to-death-in-austrian-alps Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:21:32 +0200 cow-gores-woman-to-death-in-austrian-alps A farmer's cows in western Austria will swap their traditional bells for GPS trackers after the owner of a holiday home complained that the noise was irritating his guests. https://www.thelocal.at/20161220/helping-the-cows-to-find-their-way-home Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:08:03 +0100 helping-the-cows-to-find-their-way-home A home owner from the town of Hard in Vorarlberg discovered something had fallen into his pool overnight -- a full-sized cow. https://www.thelocal.at/20150926/cow-rescued-from-swimming-pool Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:53:51 +0200 cow-rescued-from-swimming-pool A 78-year-old woman has been found dead after a suspected cow attack on her farm in Carinthia. Her body was found in a field on Monday night by her stepdaughter. https://www.thelocal.at/20150804/farmer-trampled-to-death-by-cow-in-carinthia Tue, 04 Aug 2015 17:42:02 +0200 farmer-trampled-to-death-by-cow-in-carinthia A traffic cop in Austria got more than he bargained for after a booby trap covered him head-to-toe in manure as he was trying to catch people speeding, police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140916/cop-slopped-by-cow-pat-trap Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:47:00 +0200 cop-slopped-by-cow-pat-trap A cow was rescued after jumping into a small river on Wednesday afternoon to escape a farmer in the municipality of Türnitz in Lower Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20140904/cow-rescued-from-river-in-freiland Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:47:00 +0200 cow-rescued-from-river-in-freiland A 61-year-old farmer who was seriously injured in August after being attacked by a nearly-grown calf has died from his injuries. https://www.thelocal.at/20140903/61-year-old-farmer-dies-after-calf-attack Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:10:00 +0200 61-year-old-farmer-dies-after-calf-attack The Innsbruck prosecutor's office has found no evidence of criminal offence or negligent misconduct in the case of a German woman who was killed by a herd of cows in Tyrol in July. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/no-misconduct-in-death-of-woman-killed-by-cows Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:49:00 +0200 no-misconduct-in-death-of-woman-killed-by-cows A swimming trip in Schwechat, Lower Austria took a nasty turn for a family when they were attacked by a vicious beaver. https://www.thelocal.at/20140808/family-attacked-by-beaver-whilst-paddling Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:09:00 +0200 family-attacked-by-beaver-whilst-paddling A 43-year-old worker on a farm in Mooshuben in Steiermark was found dead on Tuesday morning by two neighbours after he went to retrieve a bull which had broken out of its pasture. https://www.thelocal.at/20140730/43-year-old-farm-labourer-killed-by-bull Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:02:31 +0200 43-year-old-farm-labourer-killed-by-bull A 45-year-old German woman from Rheinland-Pfalz was attacked by a herd of 20 cows and calves on Monday afternoon on an alpine pasture in Tyrol's Stubaital valley and was fatally injured. https://www.thelocal.at/20140729/cows-kill-german-dog-walker-in-tyrol Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:15:00 +0200 cows-kill-german-dog-walker-in-tyrol