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Flying cows spectacle in Switz...

WTF?

Flying cows spectacle in Switzerland

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

11:28 28 Aug 2021


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When cows fly?

Not sure that'll catch on...

But that's what it looked like when around 10 injured cows were airlifted in Switzerland recently.

And all for a bit of a cow parade apparently...

A herd of 1,000 is expected to make it's way for the annual cow parade in Urnerboden in Switzerland.

 

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Around 10 of the animals, which had been injured, were taken by helicopter off the ridges in the Klausenpass region in the centre of the country.

Sky News reports that by using a mesh harness, the animals were suspended by a length of cable below the chopper as they took to the skies.

Farmers then stood by with guide ropes to help bring the cows to land safely, before moving them into more conventional trailers.

Check out the bizarre scenes here:

We're thinking the hills must have been alive with the sound of moosic...


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