Teacake
"NO, armed response over react in my view in the UK, called in for the slightest thing. Was watching a police program the other week, were three cows had got out of their field, a good way away from the road, first reaction from the officer there was, we may have call arm response and shoot them. Its almost as if they can't wait for a call, to have some practice with their shooters."
I do think though that a lot of these live action doccos do encourage the contibutors to hype the situation...so instead of saying "oh bloody cows again, stop the traffic, corral the cars, call the farmer....." they are encouraged to comment with worst case scenarios. Panicking cows can be dangerous and have killed people so I would not say that it never would happen but I do think they over egg a bit