The Suicidal Cows of Switzerland

Posted by Queuebot in Animal on August 29, 2009 at 8:31 pm


A recent trend of cows leaping off the high mountain cliffs in the Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen has given rise to speculation. With no natural predators, locals are puzzled as to what could have spooked the cattle into jumping to their doom. Twenty eight cows have died in three days as police continue to investigate.

Are a few wild dogs or other critters spooking the cattle? Or have these cows turned suicidal because of a bad case of the blues?

‘We are investigating because cows growing up in the mountains normally can estimate dangers and do not plunge down cliffs.’

According to local reports, there had been violent thunderstorms in the area which may well have spooked the animals.

Cows do occasionally fall to their deaths in these Alpine regions although it is rare for so many to fall in one particular place.

There has been speculation in the past that when this does happen it is because a tightly-grouped number have followed each other as they search for more grass.

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8 comments to "The Suicidal Cows of Switzerland"

  1. wit of a twit
    August 29th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Has any one considered the Lemming effect? Well as you know lemmings jump to their death. But the theory behind why they do that is because the island that the live on no longer has enough food to sustain them. So they go looking for food, all together all around the same time. What eventually happens is they start following each other. The lemming in the front lead the lemming in the back. But when the lemmings in the front get to a cliff, and a ledge, they can't turn around. The lemmings in the back start pushing the lemmings in the front, because they don't know there is a cliff in front of them so the push the lemmings in the front off the cliff.

    A long explanation for a simple case of cows probably getting spoked and pushing some the the herd off the cliff.

  2. Johnny123
    August 29th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    The lemming story is an old falsehood entirely made up by Disney: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming#Myths_and_misconceptions

    I would believe that cows are so stupid they might startle themselves and accidentally fall off a cliff though. Cows are really dumb.

  3. Timm
    August 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am

    Cows are dumb.

    And people are cruel. It wouldn't surprise me if they were being run off the cliffs by some misguided youth (with their punk rock music and wierd hair styles.)

    Or maybe they're just taking psych meds and committing suicide as a result of the side affects.

  4. Zaphraud
    August 30th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    "Depressed Cow Disease"

  5. LisaL
    August 31st, 2009 at 1:14 am

    Lol

    Anywho.... first thing that came to mind was that it might be some bored teens spooking the cows & causing this to happen. *shrugs*

  6. Loomis
    August 31st, 2009 at 12:10 pm

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  7. paurp
    August 31st, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    the cows were given red bull.

  8. Evan
    September 1st, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    To be fair, Lauterbrunnen is quite dull. I can see why the cows would have jumped.


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