The hell and horror of cow attacks: 'I told my husband to leave me to die'

Cattle are the most common cause of death in the UK farming industry - with some figures suggesting cows kill more people than dogs. So what can you do if the herd approaches? "I remember feeling I was about to die," says Jill Gilmore. She and her husband, Mark, were walking their dog, Finnegan, in the Stockport area and had just climbed over a stile on a public footpath. Jill was slightly ahead, with Finnegan on a short lead, when a group of cows appeared. "It was just instant," she says: the h...