instead of letting her calm down and maybe try to pull her in a gentle way, the first reaction was to kick her forcefully in the flank, in the stomach. the second reaction of other worker was to kick her in the back and the consensus was that to pull her tailforcibly is the right thing to do. the kicking only stopped once the cow was finally freed. what's your view? that what he was doing was totally unnecessary and unwarranted. you would certainly do something to encourage her to stand up.