Police in Lincolnshire have been labelled heavy-handed after they shot dead an 'aggressive' Belgian blue cow in a primary school car park. A Facebook page called “Grantham runaway cow RIP,” criticising the police for not knowing how to handle the animal, has so far attracted more than 2,400 “likes.”
The cow, which according to reports had charged at several members of the public, went on the run for three hours after escaping from its field.
Police set up a 20-metre exclusion zone before firing two initial shots which failed to bring the animal down. The marksmen moved closer to the animal before firing two further shots which killed the cow. A patrol car had previously chased the animal for four miles before it eventually jumped a fence into the car park of Belton Lane Community Primary School.
The pupils and staff, with the exception of the head teacher, had already been evacuated. Police insist the cow was aggressive and dangerous.
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