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StoneGloves wrote:
Be careful, be very careful. Treat them as equal - their inner lives are rarely fed by farmers. They get bored (and treat as animals). Sucking noises calm any mammal, and many birds. They love being scratched, preferably with a wire brush! They'll eat plastic-like cagoules, or try to. If they like you they'll lick and slobber and not let you go. Breathe into their nostrils if you want them to remember you. They appreciate water carried to them in a bucket, extra strong mints and having the plates of dried kak picked out of their hide. The fiercest looking ones are sometimes the most docile. Don't approach a bull wearing red or without identifying a secure escape route. That's enough to start with probably!
I like this! I always treat cattle with the greatest respect though much prefer it when there is a wire fence between us; if there isn't, I don't make eye contact.

I live near Avebury so often walk down West Kennet Avenue and sometimes there is cattle in the meadow. A friend from Avebury says that that if you are carrying a rucksack take it off your back and hold it down at your side as the cattle will otherwise think you are carrying feed for them.

THAT'S IT! It's the bag! I always carry a bag - no wonder they are after me. Thanks!