Farmer hunted after cow pat injures motorcyclists
Thursday, August 23, 2001
German police are warning farmers they could be charged with negligence after a cow pat on a road seriously injured two motorcyclists.

Officers are looking for the farmer of the cows which left the pat on the carriageway in Kempten. They say he should have cleaned it up.

The two motorcyclists skidded on the pat and fell off their bike. They are recovering from their injuries in hospital.

Police say the farmer responsible for the offending pat could be charged with physical injury resulting from negligence, reports Bild newspaper.

The decision to pursue the farmer has been described as ridiculous by farming groups who said it was impossible for a farmer to always walk behind his cows with a shovel.

Johannes Schmidt, chairman of the local farmer's union, said: "It's a real swine. What are we supposed to do? Do they expect us to run after our herds with a shovel?"

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