A 72-year-old breeder lost his life on Thursday, November 5 in Chêne-en-Semine, in Haute-Savoie, after being violently charged by one of his bulls while moving a herd. The tragedy occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. in a pasture along the Essertoux road, while the farmer was trying to move the recalcitrant animal forward with his dairy cows.
The impact, which was extremely violent, directly hit the victim in the head. The septuagenarian collapsed on the ground in the grass, unconscious, under the eyes of responders who came to help him in the following minutes.
The Haute-Savoie firefighters and the SMUR medical team quickly arrived at the scene of the tragedy to try to stabilize the man. Noting the extreme seriousness of the head trauma, the doctors immediately requested an emergency helicopter transport.
The Civil Security Dragon 74 helicopter landed in the neighboring field to take care of the farmer in a state of absolute vital distress. The injured man was evacuated under heavy medical assistance to the Annecy hospital center.
The medical staff at the Annecy hospital center did not succeed in reversing the vital prognosis initiated upon admission. The breeder's death was pronounced a few hours after his arrival at the Savoyard establishment.
The local gendarmerie brigade visited the farm to carry out initial observations of use and hear witnesses present on site. The military is trying to determine the exact conditions in which the animal suddenly turned against its owner.
The local agricultural profession expresses its emotion at the permanent risks linked to the handling of large cattle in the field. Accidents caused by breeding males in rural areas remain particularly feared by farmers in the region.
The conclusions of the investigations carried out by the Haute-Savoie gendarmerie will be transmitted to the Annecy public prosecutor's office at the end of the hearings and technical findings.
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