Overview
- Eight cattle escaped from a pasture and six of the animals walked through the emergency department’s motion‑sensor door and up the stairwell to upper floors, according to police reports.
- Clinic staff, passersby, police and the herd’s owner used feed and a mobile pen (Treibwagen) to corral the animals and return them to their pasture about one kilometre away.
- Authorities reported no injuries to people or animals and said sterile operating rooms and patient rooms were not breached during the episode.
- The cattle left droppings in corridors and stairwells, the county has hired a cleaning firm to decontaminate affected areas, and the owner says the escape followed a fence torn during the night.
- The incident follows a late‑May breakout of 25 cattle in the region and highlights local concerns over pasture fencing, liability for cleanup, and how automatic doors can permit large animals access to public buildings.