Arkansas Times
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31st October 2024
Trichinosis or treat: Liability laws for pumpkin patches and agritourism a mixed bag - Arkansas Times
It all seemed innocent enough. Cows. A bunch of them. And the kids who wanted to pet them at a pumpkin patch in the rural community of Dayton, Minnesota. It was October 2013, and the owners of Dehn’s Pumpkins decided to oblige their young guests’ bovine curiosity, allowing the children to pet and feed the cattle through a metal fence. But aside from the 60 or so cows in the enclosure, there were also thousands of pounds of cow manure on the ground, on the cows’ hides and on the gate the children...