KNYSNA NEWS - Hungry cows wandering down from townships were more than a menace to the community this past weekend.

On a Facebook site a woman showed a photo of her vehicle, which was heavily damaged with the front of her bonnet wrecked, while another vehicle also hit a cow this weekend.

Knysna police spokesperson Chris Spies confirmed that two accidents were reported at the Knysna police following incidents on the N2 highway, near the electrical power station in Plover Street on Saturday, August 12, at about 22:00.

"Information available indicates that both vehicles were travelling towards town when they hit cattle that were crossing the highway. No injuries were sustained," Spies said.

Municipal law enforcement officers were seen in Upper Town on the weekend chasing the cows back up the hill and, according to them, the cows are giving them hard work because they are coming down from White Location and township areas hungry, to graze.

These cows are not impounded, but chased back to where they come from.

As many as five cows have been seen on an open field opposite Hill Street at one time, with law enforcement trying to herd them away.

Not only do these cows walking along roads and the N2 pose the very real danger of an accident, but they also cause dogs in the neighbourhoods they visit to bark incessantly.

While one resident interviewed said, "Shame, they need to eat and this is one of the charms of Knysna," another person whose car was wrecked was furious – and not remotely enamoured by the straying cows. 

ARTICLE: ELAINE KING, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD EDITOR

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