holy hamburger meat batman
12-12-2006, 02:19 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 23
holy hamburger meat batman
We pulled up to our main greenfield this afternoon and there are a herd 20+ cows mowing it down to nothing[:@]we have no idea where they are from the nearest farm is at least 4 miles away. Should (if we find out who) the owner of the cows be responsible for the property damage.
12-12-2006, 02:28 PM
#4
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Posts: 848
RE: holy hamburger meat batman
Man that sucks, I'd be pissed. I'm not sure about the legality of it all, but you could always go out there with a truck and rush them off of your property, it's not your problem where they end up... 
... but imaging the steak!
12-12-2006, 02:29 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Tonganoxie, KS
Posts: 978
RE: holy hamburger meat batman
If you have damage done they should have to pay for it. This happened about 5 years ago to my parents, the neighbors about 1/2 mile down the road had their cattle get out and we found them in my parents yard one day. They had a really big above ground pool and a nice big deck that wrapped around 1/2 the pool, the cows trashed the deck and pool and alot of small trees we planted in the yard, they covered all the damage done. Good luck and hopefully it wasn't too bad.
12-12-2006, 02:33 PM
#8
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 23
RE: holy hamburger meat batman
The weird part is our land is bordered on two sides by a river the 3rd side in an interstate highway and the only other way in is down a major powerline. This plot is literally in the middle of 1400 acres. Thinking about going to the local fire work stand and getting a couple of strings of blackcats and machine gunning theme into a stampede.
12-13-2006, 04:39 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 353
RE: holy hamburger meat batman
Silverock,
Most farm liability policies cover livestock damage to others' property.
If you do not know the owner, you should contact the police and ask that they assist. If you do something that causes the livestock to do damage or injury to another party (an auto accident, for example) you will be added to the liability chain. That is not a good position for you to be in, since you are probably not covered by insurance.
Most farm liability policies cover livestock damage to others' property.
If you do not know the owner, you should contact the police and ask that they assist. If you do something that causes the livestock to do damage or injury to another party (an auto accident, for example) you will be added to the liability chain. That is not a good position for you to be in, since you are probably not covered by insurance.