Bull immobiliser

Count Mondego

I find it amazing that what all of the technical advancement in the world today, there's nothing on the market to immobilise a bull. Something that could be activated by a remote that renders the animal unable to charge and kill a person. A collar that could deliver a targeted electric shock or something to snare up his legs. Could save quite a few lives, but not all obviously. There must be a massive market for something like this?

ganmo

They'd be illegal under the welfare act

Count Mondego

ganmo wrote: »

They'd be illegal under the welfare act

Would you consider immobilising a animal about to kill someone as "Unnecessary suffering"?

Kovu

Don't cows kill/injure more people than bulls?

patsy_mccabe

There was a guy on a TV programme before with something like a stun-gun that he was trying to develop. Maybe it was Dragons Den.
The downside of something like this is, guys would hold on to dangerous animals thinking they would have a backup if things went wrong.

weatherbyfoxer

Count Mondego wrote: »

Would you consider immobilising a animal about to kill someone as "Unnecessary suffering"?

Bulls only kill or injure when people take risks with them..."he is a grand quiet fella,sure i can walk out and scratch him in the field"..how many times have we all heard that?..how many farms have a dedacated bull pen/shed where you dont need to access the shed while the bull is in it?

I was laughted at by a fella for having one and sneered at that i was afraid of a quiet bull...same fella had his hip and 3 ribs broken by his bull 6 months later

Count Mondego

Kovu wrote: »

Don't cows kill/injure more people than bulls?

A cow is dangerous around calving, and for a few weeks after. Bulls can kill you at any time. If you're out herding throughout the year, there's no threat that a cow is going to go for you.

Count Mondego

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Bulls only kill or injure when people take risks with them..."he is a grand quiet fella,sure i can walk out and scratch him in the field"..how many times have we all heard that?..how many farms have a dedacated bull pen/shed where you dont need to access the shed while the bull is in it?

Only a clown would walk up to a bull and scratch him, but event he most careful lad could get caught out in a field. Suckler farmers can't have a bull locked up in a pen all year. When you have to move a herd of them there's always a risk.

weatherbyfoxer

Count Mondego wrote: »

Only a clown would walk up to a bull and scratch him, but event he most careful lad could get caught out in a field. Suckler farmers can't have a bull locked up in a pen all year. When you have to move a herd of them there's always a risk.

Alot of clowns around,pen was used here at housing as it was a spring calving suckler herd, herding should be done from a jeep or simular if you going into a big field containing a bull unless there is an electric fence to exit under or simular

Miname

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Alot of clowns around,pen was used here at housing as it was a spring calving suckler herd, herding should be done from a jeep or simular if you going into a big field containing a bull unless there is an electric fence to exit under or simular

Herding cattle in a jeep will do loads for keeping them quiet. If your afraid of everything in farming that you should be you wouldn't be at it. There has to be a happy balance and respect not fear. An electric fence will only slow a bull if he's charging you and by the time you've dropped and rolled under or tried it as a hurdle you'll find most Bulls will be on top of you.

Sam Kade

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Alot of clowns around,pen was used here at housing as it was a spring calving suckler herd, herding should be done from a jeep or simular if you going into a big field containing a bull unless there is an electric fence to exit under or simular

Not very practical to be bringing in dairy cows morning and evening with a jeep. A horse would be the ideal job.

weatherbyfoxer

Miname wrote: »

Herding cattle in a jeep will do loads for keeping them quiet. If your afraid of everything in farming that you should be you wouldn't be at it. There has to be a happy balance and respect not fear. An electric fence will only slow a bull if he's charging you and by the time you've dropped and rolled under or tried it as a hurdle you'll find most Bulls will be on top of you.

I use a quad and find it the best..whos afraid of everyting?...surly taking precautions not to be attacked by a bull his hardly meaning your afraid of everyting...

ganmo

Count Mondego wrote: »

Would you consider immobilising a animal about to kill someone as "Unnecessary suffering"?

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/si/108/made/en/print

greysides

Another issue would be that what is designed for animals would end up being used on humans, some day, somewhere, somehow.

Genghis Cant

greysides wrote: »

Another issue would be that what is designed for animals would end up being used on humans, some day, somewhere, somehow.

Too true. I seen a young one the other day with a ring in her nose :-)

Sam Kade

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Too true. I seen a young one the other day with a ring in her nose :-)

Did you see any young fellas wearing a chin ball harness

Genghis Cant

Sam Kade wrote: »

Did you see any young fellas wearing a chin ball harness

If I do I'll make sure not to bend down near him :-)

Muckit

https://youtu.be/HH60GRk9APM

patsy_mccabe

Muckit wrote: »

https://youtu.be/HH60GRk9APM

Now that's what you call nervous laughter.

Midfield9

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Now that's what you call nervous laughter.

Did ye read the description of the video underneath. Nearly as funny as the video

Sam Kade

Midfield9 wrote: »

Did ye read the description of the video underneath. Nearly as funny as the video

And the clowns commenting on about all the calves stolen from their mothers every year.