Apparently five people a year are killed by cows and bulls, and this is a statistic that one farmer now knows all too well after his prize bovine left him moments from death.
Roger, who has been working with cows for over 30 years recalled how he survived a savage attack from a cow, while speaking on This Morning on Friday.
Farmer Roger was busy piercing cows ears, as he does three times a year, but when he attempted to plug a calf's ear the mother cow became extremely defensive and mistook his care for danger.
Without a moment to react, Roger, who now needs a neck brace, said that he was knocked to the ground by the cow as she threw all her weight on to him and began crushing him.
The farmer refused to condemn the cow, named Daisy, for her actions and tried to play down the incident that left him with a broken back and neck.
He said: "I caught Daisy on an off day, all mothers are going to be alarmed if their baby is alarmed