A woman has died after being attacked by a cow on her farm.
The Benton County sheriff's office told KCRG-TV that 60-year-old Jean Fee was feeding the cows ears of corn Saturday afternoon when one of them attacked her. She died at a Cedar Rapids hospital.
KGAN-TV reports deputies stood guard to keep cows from rescuers at they attended to Fee.
Fee was with her 23-month-old grandson when the attack happened, but authorities say he wasn't hurt.
The sheriff's office says family members haven't had trouble with the cows before.
The Des Moines Register published more details last night.
“The best we can figure is the cow became aggressive, and my mom was protecting my nephew, and the cow hit her with its head and it stopped her heart,” son Matt Fee told the newspaper.
“It’s pretty unusual for a cow to become aggressive,” Terry Engelken, an associate professor at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, told the newspaper. “We have a few instances of (cow attacks) across the country every year — but it’s uncommon. For it to result in a fatality is very uncommon.”
He said differences in temperaments among cows are just as common as differences among dogs and cats.
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