The cow that fought back

It's a sorry tale. A cow, shunted into an abattoir to face having its head chopped off, goes into a mad frenzy and crushes a man to death.

I'm a peace-loving person and I feel sorry for the man and his family. But it's only natural (as meat lovers often tell me - we have sharp teeth after all, and cows have sharp horns). If you're going to kill animals, it's only to be expected that occasionally they're going to fight back. It would be even sadder than it is if they didn't.

I guess the offending cow was put down afterwards, though. Which is also sad. It's a mad, sad circle of violence. Maybe that's what vegetarianism is, a break in the cycle of violence.