Injured cow unable to walk to the vets gets airlifted by helicopter through the Swiss Alps

[brooklynite]

Daily Mail:

We've heard of pigs not being able to fly, but no one said cows can't take to the skies.

Remarkable footage has emerged of an injured bovine with a bad hoof being airlifted to the vets in the Swiss Alps because she was unable to reach the clinic under her own power.

It was decided that the large creature would be transported in style and her owners arranged for her to hitch a ride with a helicopter, so she could speed through the valleys of Switzerland.





Not entirely clear to me why they didn't just bring the vet to the cow...

[NightWatcher]

1. D'oh

[pinboy3niner]

2. That's playing for high steaks

[JonathanRackham]

3. So the cow didn't jump over the moon?

[Glassunion]

8. No, I herd she took a helicopter.

[Glassunion]

4. Perhaps cheaper to air lift the cow,

instead of moving the vet and all of their equipment. They may be more equipped at the vet, than they could be on a house call. Also may be cheaper if the poor thing has to be observed for any period of time.

Sort of the same thinking goes into why we fly people from the scene to the hospital, and not the doctor to the scene.

[pinboy3niner]

5. Always appreciate an udder viewpoint

Good observation.

[Glassunion]

7. I cud see both sides of the argument.

[surrealAmerican]

6. That's a difficult way ...

... to make a milkshake.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Of the two possibilities, they chose the high whey

[Glassunion]

10. Butter other option would have made the trip impossible.

[braddy]

11. Of all the things I did in the military, STABO was the most fun, that is what this is.

[pinboy3niner]

12. The locals will never complain again about bird crap on their cars

[csziggy]

13. Good thing they didn't ask the US Army to deliver the cow!

[bluesbassman]

14. In other news: Swiss shopkeepers report one day spike in umbrella sales.

Gives a whole new meaning to pie in the sky.