https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany 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.de/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 Kaiserslautern police sent out helicopters to track down Johanna. But again and again the canny cow slipped through the net of the law. https://www.thelocal.de/20160802/game-of-cat-and-mouse-escaped-cow-finally-over Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:06:34 +0200 game-of-cat-and-mouse-escaped-cow-finally-over For one plucky pig in Lower Saxony, mingling with his own species just didn't appeal. The wild hog decided to make friends in higher places – by joining a herd of cows on a Göttingen farm. https://www.thelocal.de/20151006/johann-the-pigs-new-family-is-udderly-adorable Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:44:53 +0200 johann-the-pigs-new-family-is-udderly-adorable The summer heat seems to have got cows all fired up in the west German town of Aachen this week - with many apparently heading out in search of pastures new. https://www.thelocal.de/20150724/daredevil-cows-give-motorists-a-surprise Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:28:42 +0200 daredevil-cows-give-motorists-a-surprise Lady Gaga has taken home the top prize from the German Holstein Show in Oldenburg, making her the closest thing to a "Miss Germany" in the bovine world. https://www.thelocal.de/20150612/lady-gaga-named-germanys-prettiest-cow Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:53:25 +0200 lady-gaga-named-germanys-prettiest-cow A 45-year-old German woman died when she was attacked by a herd of 20 cows and calves on Monday afternoon on an Alpine pasture in Tyrol's Stubaital valley. https://www.thelocal.de/20140729/cows-kill-german-dog-walker-in-austria Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:36:00 +0200 cows-kill-german-dog-walker-in-austria Cows at a dairy farm in central Germany created enough methane gas to set their stalls ablaze and damage a barn roof, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140128/flatulent-cows-set-fire-to-german-farm Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:50:00 +0100 flatulent-cows-set-fire-to-german-farm Yvonne the runaway cow who has eluded hunters and would-be helpers alike in the woods of Upper Bavaria since May, is still on the loose, but she’s no longer running for her life. https://www.thelocal.de/20110826/37205 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:27:00 +0200 37205 Efforts by animal lovers to catch runaway cow Yvonne before hunters find her, have been stepped up with Ernst the bull and soon her own son Friesi being deployed to tempt her out of woods in Bavaria. https://www.thelocal.de/20110813/36935 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:33:00 +0200 36935 A cow left to wander on a cold night attacked a car while walking along a country road near the town of Heimbach in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20101024/30719 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:15:00 +0200 30719