Grieving families in tears, after cows rage through the cemetery and eat the floral tributes, after fences give way

Grieving families were left in tears this weekend after a herd of cows escaped their field and destroyed a cemetery and ate flowers left in the grounds.

Mourners were left in tears after visiting South Bristol Crematorium on Saturday when they found the graves covered in cow dung from the stray animals.

Four cows from the neighboring municipality-owned field had escaped and spent the weekend causing trouble around the area.

People visiting the cemetery tried in vain to herd the cows and one lady used her walking stick to try to keep the cows away from the grounds – yes, yes, even ‘noised’ at them.

Four cows from the neighboring municipality-owned field had escaped and spent the weekend causing trouble around the area

Eventually, the police called the cattle’s owners and helped her retrieve the cows on Sunday – which had ventured further into the city and were found behind some public toilets.

The owner apologized for the trouble and said her cows can be ‘very hard to find’.

Jane Channing regularly visits her son’s grave and said she couldn’t sleep ‘worrying’ about the cows in the cemetery.

Talking to BristolLiveshe said she ‘couldn’t believe it’ when she visited on Sunday and the cows were still there.

She said visitors were ‘crying and distraught’ and – despite suffering from a serious heart condition – used her walking stick to try to protect the graves.

She told BristolLive: ‘I go around trying to get them away, we even ‘came’ at them to move them, it felt so degrading.’

Visitors were ‘crying and distraught’ at the devastated cemetery at the weekend

On Sunday, police helped owner Liz Withers round up the cows found behind public toilets in another area of ​​the town – Bedminster Down.

She apologized to the families and explained that the cow had escaped through a gate that had been left open and then through a broken fence.

Mrs Withers said she found the cows missing from the field on Saturday and, after being alerted to their location, drove to the cemetery.

But by then they had moved on. She then received a phone call from the police thanking them for their help. She told BristolLive that new fencing is being organized by the council.

Commenting on social media, one person said: ‘I was there yesterday morning at my parents grave.

‘We were sitting there at 11 o’clock, when all of a sudden one by one the cows started to appear at the bottom of the cemetery.

‘We went down and tried to guide them back, but there was no getting it. There were four in all. I drove around looking for a worker to report it to but couldn’t find anyone. They had a real party.’