Dave Taylor, who leases the 60.7 hectare Wilks Rd farm, says he lost a $2000 friesian breeding bull and six other meat bulls of the same breed worth about $500 each. "I got a call from my dad, who was driving along the motorway, to say cows were exploding. I found seven dead and on fire in the paddock," he says.
Mr Taylor says he jumped the fence to see what was wrong because he didn’t know what had happened. But then he realised he was trapped in the paddock as the fences and gates were "fizzing and hissing" because the fallen lines were still live.
Mr Taylor says he was lucky because he and workmate Glen Johnson may have jumped the fence without touching the wire. Both were wearing rubber gumboots that would have provided some insulation from electric shock.
"Glen and I came down to the farm and jumped into the paddock when we saw other cattle coming towards the line and tried to scare them away," says Mr Taylor. Three bulls were electrocuted when the lines fell, and another four were killed when they walked into the live area.
A hedgehog was also killed.
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