Getting between any animal and her young is risky business. Especially the two-legged variety.
SHE had one cow in the barn that had a calf several days earlier...She was walking through the barn to get out to the pasture and that old cow came after her, full speed. She was hit so hard in the upper thigh, the muscle and flesh flatten out and never did get back to norm. When the cow backed off her to get another running ram, it gave her time to exit the barn. She said it was clearly her own fault, she knew the cow and calf were in the barn but made the mistake of walking between the cow and her calf....Even after raising animals for years, all it takes is not thinking about what you are doing for a split second