Dead cow can't be retrieved

bob2.0

Hi guys, I was missing a cow for a couple of days and I finally found her a d bottom of a 10ft deep drain. She must have fell in and broke her neck. The problem now is the area that she is can't be accessed by a tractor and loader or a track machine for that matter. What should I do regards the department of Ag?

Muckit

I think you need to ring them asap and explain your case.

whelan1

bob2.0 wrote: »

Hi guys, I was missing a cow for a couple of days and I finally found her a d bottom of a 10ft deep drain. She must have fell in and broke her neck. The problem now is the area that she is can't be accessed by a tractor and loader or a track machine for that matter. What should I do regards the department of Ag?

happened me before, just ring them and tell them, they where grand about it, better they know about it than not...or you could run it by knackery/vet before you ring dept

dzer2

Neighbour had one like that before had to cut it up and drag to where it could be lifted I think the knacker done it.

RoscommonTom

Ring them up, happened to a neighbour of mine too, they were found about it

epfff

bob2.0 wrote: »

Hi guys, I was missing a cow for a couple of days and I finally found her a d bottom of a 10ft deep drain. She must have fell in and broke her neck. The problem now is the area that she is can't be accessed by a tractor and loader or a track machine for that matter. What should I do regards the department of Ag?

Drain water pollution
damage limitation
Be carefully how you fraze
maybe there us way round

vinne

Would a couple of quads be of any use

bob2.0

Thanks for all the replies, I will ring them in the morning and explaine my situation. I really hope they don't want her removed because even a quad won't be able to get anywhere near where she is.

Phil Iam

Why can't a track machine get in ?

RobertKK

A long strong rope and pull her out?

pajero12

bob2.0 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies, I will ring them in the morning and explaine my situation. I really hope they don't want her removed because even a quad won't be able to get anywhere near where she is.

You just want to leave her there?

massey265

There two laws in this country, one for the farmer and one for the county councils....a large 30 foot sperm whale washed up on beach close to me last week and the council were fit to bring in a machine pull it up from shore line and bury it on the beach along sand dunnes and a farmer can't bury a lamb.... Something fishy about this if you ask me!

freedominacup

massey265 wrote: »

There two laws in this country, one for the farmer and one for the county councils....a large 30 foot sperm whale washed up on beach close to me last week and the council were fit to bring in a machine pull it up from shore line and bury it on the beach along sand dunnes and a farmer can't bury a lamb.... Something fishy about this if you ask me!

That happened around here a good few years ago and they had to wait for the crowd to dipserse before they could do it properly. Once they got down a few feet water started to flood into the hole and the whale kept floating. They had to pulp it with the track machines in order to bury it properly:eek:. Messy, very messy.

pms7

Depends on your knackery lorry driver, mine sorted it with some guy he knew for few €

milkprofit

Take photo for proof

Bizzum

massey265 wrote: »

There two laws in this country, one for the farmer and one for the county councils....a large 30 foot sperm whale washed up on beach close to me last week and the council were fit to bring in a machine pull it up from shore line and bury it on the beach along sand dunnes and a farmer can't bury a lamb.... Something fishy about this if you ask me!

I'll tell ya one thing for sure.... Offaly county council wouldn't bury a whale on the beach. No way.

redzerologhlen

Ring Dept, they will send out a Dept Vet to take a sample from their spine and the job is done. A neighbour had to do it last year when a cow kicked the bucket way off up a winterage. No problem whatsoever with it.

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

I'll tell ya one thing for sure.... Offaly county council wouldn't bury a whale on the beach. No way.

Dont be daft

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Ring Dept, they will send out a Dept Vet to take a sample from their spine and the job is done. A neighbour had to do it last year when a cow kicked the bucket way off up a winterage. No problem whatsoever with it.

Why is that redzer?

redzerologhlen

Dont be daft wrote: »

Why is that redzer?

I think it's to test for bse, the bore in from the forehead and take the sample from where the brain meets the spine. I was there when they did it with the neighbours cow.

whelan1

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I think it's to test for bse, the bore in from the forehead and take the sample from where the brain meets the spine. I was there when they did it with the neighbours cow.

think thats only if animal is over a certain age

redzerologhlen

whelan1 wrote: »

think thats only if animal is over a certain age

You could be right there whelan, I'm not very well up on it.

John_Rambo

Dont be daft wrote: »

Why is that redzer?

To check if it's a sperm whale.

Rho b

dzer2 wrote: »

Neighbour had one like that before had to cut it up and drag to where it could be lifted I think the knacker done it.

This is the best advice posted so far on this thread.
Get your local disposal service to cut up the carcass on site and remove same and pay/help them accordingly. Get a docket from them as proof for the CMMS.
Alternatively you could leave her rot/decompose in the drain and suffer the consequences with local watercourses/wells contaminated :mad:

CJhaughey

If you have a long enough rope I am sure you can pull the animal out without having to have a machine right over it.
You may need a good bit of rope but I am sure the disposal company will have had cases like yours before.

bogman_bass

massey265 wrote: »

There two laws in this country, one for the farmer and one for the county councils....a large 30 foot sperm whale washed up on beach close to me last week and the council were fit to bring in a machine pull it up from shore line and bury it on the beach along sand dunnes and a farmer can't bury a lamb.... Something fishy about this if you ask me!

Actually whales are mammals:rolleyes:

Timmaay

Was it just me or did anyone else read the title as "Dead cow can't be revived" ha?

Massey10

bogman_bass wrote: »

Actually whales are mammals:rolleyes:

He didn't say it wasn't

monseiur

Bizzum wrote: »

I'll tell ya one thing for sure.... Offaly county council wouldn't bury a whale on the beach. No way.

I do not wish to offend you by saying that you're a liar...but I maintain that you're economical with the truth...sources close to Offaly Co. Co. have confirmed,off the record, that theybury whales on a regular basis mostly on naturist beaches. It is also standard practice in Laois and Carlow:P