Firemen called to rescue cow stuck up a tree in England

A cow had to be rescued by fire services in northern England after it tumbled down a 30 metre river embankment and got stuck in a tree.

A cow had to be rescued by fire services in northern England after it tumbled down a 30 metre river embankment and got stuck in a tree.

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Fire crews in Cumbria were surprised to receive a call to rescue the cow, which had toppled 10 metres down a slope of the river Leith before a tree broke its fall.

The bruised bovine was discovered after its farmer noticed one of his cows was missing.

The animal was sedated by a vet before being winched out of the tree by firemen using specialist equipment.

"I had to wear body armour in case a stray hoof lashed out at them," said a spokesman for Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

"The vet checked the cow over and it seemed reasonably happy and relatively unscathed," he said.