A 77-year-old German tourist is dead after she was attacked by cows while hiking through a pasture in the Swiss Alps.
The woman was taking a shortcut through a fenced-off area, and there was a sign warning people to avoid the cows.
The bizarre incident occurred near
Laax, in the canton of Graubunden, as the woman was walking to the
Grauberg gondola station from a restaurant.
She passed through an electric fence and was knocked over and trampled by cows as they grazed on a trail, said police.
The animals were apparently trying to protect their calves.
A cyclist called for help and a
doctor attended the scene, but the woman, from Berlin, died at the scene
despite attempts to resuscitate her.
